And To All A Good Night

The last Christmas of the decade is over. Let’s have a recap shall we. The alarm clock went off early Christmas morning. No, I wasn’t making children get up to see all the goodies that Santa left. Bible Study Mama and I had a full day planned, so I needed to get to the races.

We started off the day with the 6 am morning worship service at my church. I surprised her and told her that her Christmas gift would be to sit WHEREVER she wanted to in the church. In case I haven’t mentioned it before, she LOVES being as close to the front of the church as possible. I don’t. See my sacrificial offering???

She chose the middle of the church. Third aisle from the front. Her dream. My nightmare. It was only after looking around and greeting my neighbors that I realized where we were. Smack dab in the middle of the mothers’s of the church. For those that don’t know, the mothers are the elderly ladies in a good down home style church. I pointed this out to my mom, and she asked if we needed to move. Nope! Let’s just praise the Lord from this pew honey.

After church, we returned to my house to pick up my camera. This unplanned detour threw our carefully timed day off. But hey…life happens. We journeyed down the road to the other St. Luke deep in the country. The Little Rock Southernaires were on program. We had practiced enough…right???

We slid into St. Luke, and the lead soloist, choir director, and perfectionist needed to potty. No problem. Except everyone was waiting for us. Well, let’s just say the Little Rock Southernaires gave it our best shot. We DID sing praises unto the most high God. Was it a joyful noise unto the Lord? That’s debatable. Bible Study Cousin gave her best performance to date. We’ll just say to God be the glory.

After two church services, your girl was tired BUT ready for the next part of the day. Feasting (Sweet Baby’s word choice…not mine), fellowship, and fun. We ate until we couldn’t eat anymore. We played games. We laughed. We had an awesome time. Then Bible Study Mama and I made the trek back to Little Rock.

The day didn’t go according to my plan, but it was perfect. I can truly say that it is well with my soul. Who knows what your Christmas day was like. If it didn’t go exactly the way that you planned, know that there IS a perfect plan for your life.

I should have had this blog written long before Christmas night. All day long I planned to steal away for 15 or 20 minutes to type it out, but that wasn’t what happened. So forgive the typos and illogical sentences. You might actually be used to those by now…LOL. I’m working the day after Christmas. So, I’m signing off with one of Santa’s epic lines….and to all a good night!