God is good, all the time. Did you know that?

For the past few months, I've really been feeling the Lord reminding me that I am to remember that even through this busy time in our lives, I need to live now.

For background info on where I am coming from:
Since we are hoping to list our home for sale by May 1st, this means lots of work. Not only lots of work, but the work needs to be done by my hubby. My hubby is not superman, and I am not superwoman (although at times I like to believe I am!) So in order for dear hubby to be able to do the work, we needed him to be able to take some time off of regular work. To do this, we needed for my business to help provide some income. To do this, of course that means I need to actually sew more, because for some strange reason, people just don't want to give me money for nothing! Imagine that!

So, back to the Lord reminding me that I need to live now.

For the past while, because life is so busy, I often find myself saying to the Lord, "Oh Lord, I just can not WAIT until this busy season is over, and we can just move, get settled and simply enjoy LIVING!"

Then I was reminded that I am to enjoy living NOW, not wait till later, because who says later will arrive? We are to number our days, not assume we have more days, but to enjoy the days the Lord has provided us with NOW. I need to create memories with my children now, not wait for later.

Well believe it or not, this was causing me a lot of stress! I kept thinking, 'How am I supposed to stop everything, to create some memories for my children, and enjoy life RIGHT NOW when every time I stop, it sets me behind once again and I have to work twice as hard to catch up!?!?'

So you can see how this was causing me stress.

I should have known better.

I should have realised that God, does NOT, CREATE stress!

So, yesterday morning, I'm sitting in bed doing my devotions and Joshua pops his head in to talk to me about something. So we get talking, and I told him him how I just can't wait until we're moved and settled, but that God keeps reminding me that we are to also LIVE now. Through the course of our conversation I shared how I don't understand how I am to do that, when life is SO busy, and there is SO much to do, and that every time I stop what I'm doing, I fall behind!

So we discussed that a little, and didn't really get anywhere with it, and just left it at that.

Joshua left and headed downstairs to carry on with his morning chores. A minute later I hear him saying something to Alesia in a silly voice, and she bursts out laughing, and instantly the Lord 'downloaded' a "A-HA!" moment to my being!

Do you ever have those moments? Those moments when you are struggling with something, not understanding it, and suddenly, something happens, and there is no better way to explain it then to say that God simply 'downloaded' the information into your being. Suddenly your heart, your mind, your whole being understands. Suddenly the blinders are removed, and you can see the answer so clearly!

God did that yesterday morning, through the laughter of my eldest daughter.

That was it! Laughter! Joy! Being silly in the midst of working!

Even though Alesia and Joshua were in the midst of their morning chores, they seized the moment to have fun in the midst of it all, and, created a memory, lived life, seized joy, enjoyed laughter!

THAT is what God has been trying to tell me!

He's not saying I have to STOP everything I am doing, stop our usual routine, and go do something EXTRA, on top of everything else we need to do! He's saying SEIZE the moment, in EVERYTHING we are doing to GET to that place!

Look what seize means:

1.	to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp

2.	to grasp mentally; understand clearly and completely.

3.	to take possession of by force or at will

4.	to capture; take into custody.

5.	to take advantage of promptly: to seize an opportunity.

16.	to grab or take hold suddenly or forcibly usually

God is not asking me to take on MORE, by going out of my way to do even MORE then I am needing to do right now. He is asking me to SEIZE each and every moment, and take advantage of THAT moment!

When I look back on my childhood, for some reason I can't remember a lot, but some things do stand out. One thing that stands out in particular is a time in our family's life when we were building a home. I still remember to this day, putting in metal ties in preparation for the cement to be poured. With that memory, I can almost picture the entire scene in my mind. I was really young still. I'm not sure what age exactly, but I would have been between 6 and 9 years old?? Yet, that memory stands out because I enjoyed being with my family, WORKING together, towards a common goal!

THOSE are the memories the Lord is asking me to SEIZE now! Working together with my children, towards the common goal of getting this place fixed up and finished, so that we can move on in our lives to our future home. A home we all dream of, and hope for. A larger farm with room for more horses, more pigs, more chickens, a large garden, and simply room to run around with said animals. To enjoy the simple life.

Until then, God wants us to enjoy our 'complicated & busy' life, and to SEIZE the moments, the memories, we are creating through this complicated & busy time!

Praise God! He truly is good all the time!