Summer's nearly over, baseball will be winding down soon, football season is starting (too soon in my opinion) and now another season is upon us. The School Year. School Season. It began today. It began weeks ago, actually, with school shopping. Today I spent the day at church learning how to be a leader for MOPS. Wednesday we'll visit Archer's and Shelly's schools. Thursday morning Archer starts school, then we go to church for MOPS signup, in the afternoon I'll go to Shelly's school for orientation. Boyscouts will be on Thursday nights, along with PTA meetings, but I'm not sure when that starts. Friday morning Shelly starts school. Some Sundays I'll be helping in the nursery at church. Its going to be a busy season.
Last night Shelly came into our room and said, "I just can't sleep because I'm thinking too about school." I'm excited too, for this new season to start. I've never been this commited to this many different things all at once, I'm feeling like its going to be a challenge. But I also feel its where God wants me. Two schools, MOPS, Awana, Boy Scouts, Sunday School, am I forgetting something? Oh yeah. My home. My husband and children. Don't they come first?
People who have lots of money don't need to shop the sales, they don't need to be disciplined about how much they spend at the grocery store, they can buy the extra bag of potato chips or the expensive steak. And those of us who don't have that luxury learn to watch for sales, snack on something more affordable (and healthy), and stretch the dollars and the food a little further. I have a feeling this new season, the School Year season, is going to teach me to be more thrifty with my time. More frugal, not in what I give to my family and those around me, but more frugal with the luxuries, the extras. Wasting time allowing myself to get distracted by the tv, a magazine, a blog. I think its going to force me to be more organized and disciplined with my time. I can already see it, its going to be hard. Possibly stressful, maybe exhausting. But I'm looking forward to it because I believe its where God wants me. Out there, getting involved, seeing whose lives I can touch. And I'm not getting nervous about it yet because its all a week away. But the night before, I'm sure I'll have those First Day jitters. Archer and Shelly, on the other hand, know no jitters, only excitement. Bring on the friends, the learning, the fun!
Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit's leading in every part of our lives.
~ Galatians 5:25
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