• Sep. 1, 2008
Yesterday
I like blogging; the reflection that goes on when I write about what has transpired often feels therapeutic.
Yesterday was a busy day which started out with teaching Sunday School. Then many of our extended family members arrived at our church to watch our oldest son, Caelen, get baptized. What a special and blessed day! It brought tears to my eyes to watch my son turn his personal experience of faith into a public expression of that faith and commitment. 
The day was not over yet. Yesterday was also my son's birthday. So after going out to a big lunch with our family, we had about an hour to clean the house (you know how the house can get in the get- out- the-door- to -church rush 
), and frost cupcakes for the birthday party. Birthday parties around here mostly just consist of extended family and a friend or two with their families. We had 23 people at our house to celebrate Caelen on his birthday!
Still, the day was not over. As everyone left our house we scrambled to clean up a little, and I had some school assignments due that I needed to put the finishing touches on before we could head off to evening church. Our evening service was not the usual service yesterday. Every time there is a fifth Sunday in the month all the churches in the surrounding areas of the same association get together for “Fifth Sunday Sing”. I LOVE fifth Sunday Sing. We get to see people we've known for years, but don't get to see often enough, and it's a tremendous time of praise, prayer, and joy.
After the Fifth Sunday Sing there was an ice cream feast at the hosting church, which the kids loved (and come to think of it I never did make dinner last night, so no wonder they were so ready for an ice cream feast). There was plenty of fellowship after the service last night. My mother-in-law had stayed after the birthday party to travel with us to the Fifth Sunday Sing; we got home at about 9:00 pm and we were all exhausted. We convinced mom to stay the night with us rather than travel the 30 minutes to her home. We then stayed up for a couple of hours just talking together; it was very relaxing after such a busy day.
The day was finally over. As I look back on yesterday and all that transpired, I realize that though Caelen's birthday did not go as I had originally planned (it was much busier), I believe he had a good day and it will be a very special day for him to remember. Praise the Lord for days such as this one, where not much goes as planned, but everything turns out “right”, just as God had it planned all along. 
