Typical!

I've been working my butt off for my session at the Exponential New Church Conference in two weeks. My best friend and I get together every Tuesday night. It's something I look forward to all week. This week I decided that I better not meet with her because I needed extra time to work on my session.

Do you think my plan worked? Of course not!

The first thing that happened was that my stupid dog jumped into the pool. It has a cover on it, but the cover is filled with water. My daughter came running upstairs to announce the mess. I was mad. Really mad. Do you know what it's like to bathe a Pomeranian? Can you say, "Hairy!!!" And the blow drying is enough to make me sweat through my clothes.

So, I got him clean and then realized that we had a toilet problem. The toilet problem required a full-bathroom cleaning. Then I figured, since I was cleaning one bathroom I should clean the other two (I know you'd do the same thing!). By this time, the kids needed showers. I hadn't spent time with God all day, so I snuck in a few minutes with Him. Then Vince came home from our Tuesday night bar service and we watched American Idol.

At the end of all that, I was too tired to work on my session...Typical!

The good news is that God completely cleared my schedule for Wednesday. What was supposed to be a jam-packed day, turned into an awesome day spent with Him and working on my session.

What I thought was a great plan didn't work out. How often do we focus on the bad things that happen and completely disregard the cool stuff that's happening around us? Church planting is such a roller coaster ride. There are so many ups and downs. Set a goal this week of not letting the downs get you down. Try to see God working, even if it's in the midst of chaos.

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