An Up and Down Easter

Up and down and all around God knows everywhere I go...
Those are the beginning lyrics to a song that was part of the curriculum in the very first Sunday School class I ever taught. It could be one of the theme songs for my life. At least my mental/emotional life. A lot of people that don't seem to have such highs and lows. They are little bit better with this whole "go with the flow" mentality. That's not me.  It's probably not ever going to be; so when Misty was lost for less than five minutes today I went from zero to sixty in no time at all. There were other things too (like the AC guy once again did not fulfill a promise). The cool thing though was that I was able to self talk myself through all of it. Even used some of the calm down techniques that I've been teaching  my 4 year olds. They work out pretty well.
It helps  to know that God is our completion, he picks us up when we are down. Fortunately nothing that happened today was so bad that it can't be remedied, and looking back it was still a pretty amazing day.
Pausing for a moment, I think now is probably the first time today on this most holy of days that I've really paused to reflect on Him and what He did for us. He died for you, for me, and for the precious family that I took so many pictures of today.  My joy is His. My heart is His what a love this is. Thank you God for this joyous time of Easter.
4.24.11