"not bad, not good, just ordinary..."

As I shared in my profile I was a middle school teacher for 7 years before "taking early retirement" to move to Indiana & stay home with my two sons....

I have been a stay at home mom for 7 years now... as long as I was a working professional.

My youngest son started full-day kindergarten this past fall.  I was so full of anxiety, not sure if he would sink or swim in the elementary "deep end"... but I had to cast my anxiety to the Lord & trust in hissovereignty  in my son's life... the Lord's plans for him.

Fast forward to April, we are three-quarters of the way through the school year.  My son is fine,  he has actually flourished in school.  Maybe having a 7 hour break from me five days a week was just what the Dr. ordered for us both.  I love it when the clock strikes 2:30 p.m. & it is time for me to head to school pick my boys up.  I always great them with a Tootsie Pop & ask, "What was one great thing about today?"  I had to start asking this question rather than, "How was your day?"  My youngest son has developed a rather advanced vocabulary and he had begun replying, "Not bad, not good, just ordinary."

So I had to rephrase my after school question.... "tell me one great thing about today...." once they answer, they get their tootsie pop... yeah, it might be bribery, but it has us communicating.... not just saying our day was good, or fine.... sharing one thing that was great...it varies everyday.... my third grader loves PE day, it's greatness is usually kickball .... my kindergartner recently thought it was great that a classmate had returned to school healthy after a scary concussion... sometimes the greatness is silly, sometimes deep....

This has me thinking about how the Lord thinks I view my days, each a planned and perfect gift from him.

Jeremiah 29: 11-13 says  "¹¹For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. ¹² In those days when you pray, I will listen. ¹³ If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. ¹⁴ I will be found by you,” says the Lord."

Each day the Lord is trying to teach me a life lesson He has in store for me..... will today be ordinary, or what greatness will make it extra-ordinary?