One of my dearest friends shared this quote with me recently and boy did it speak to me! Life is busy and full. Life is exciting and overwhelming. Life brings great joy and deep sorrow. Life is beautiful and safe and life can be ugly and frightening. Life is…well, life.

Each morning I have a list of things to do before day’s end as I am sure many of you do.  Busy couples with busy and involved families running from one event to the next can be enough to make your head spin.  I have often joked that my schedule can be so tight on some days that getting 5 minutes behind in the morning stretches to running an hour behind by 5:00….and then there are all of those interruptions.

I have spent some time asking the Lord about it and His response to me was…”You get your calendar so full that if I want to thrill you, bless you, or get your attention, I simply must interrupt.”  Ouch.

Some of the most beautiful interruptions of my life have been…

• A 5-year-old boy calling to be picked up sick from school…I was supposed to be in an interview, but instead Tanner and I spent the afternoon watching cartoons and coloring. He’s 25 and I remember it like it was yesterday.
• A call at 11:00pm that something was wrong with my mom. I was supposed to be leaving on a cruise the next morning, but instead my family and I walked my momma Home to be with her Savior.
• A 6:30am wake-up call and a 9:00am doctor’s appointment on the days that Jake and Madi were born. I was supposed to be working, but instead I was introduced to two of the most important people in my life.
• An unexpected visit from my son on a Saturday night announcing that I would soon become a grandmother. I was supposed to be just hanging out with my nieces, but the Lord gave me a gift of peace and hope for new beginnings.
• My eyes jolting opening at 3:00am. I was supposed to be sleeping, but instead I had some one-on-one time with the King.

Interruptions are the joy of life. Interruptions break up the mundane routine of life and remind us that He is not bound by our to-do list or our calendar. He has a standing appointment and can enter the scene unannounced, and aren’t we so thankful?

My love,