And they're off!

It's Monday morning and the kids are still asleep.
Maybe I should be more specific.
It's a quarter 'til eight on Monday morning
and Baby J is not awake. Unheard of!
(I just heard Big E fall out of bed---what a way to wake up!)
I know I'm supposed to get them up at seven....but do you
know how hard it is to motivate myself to
wake sleeping children?
The house is quiet and the day is fresh and new.
I just hate to push the button that starts
the parade of insanity that is
also known as "a normal day" around here.

I actually did come upstairs a while ago to wake
those bed-headed sweeties, but then I stopped at
the computer first to look up a verse in the Bible.
A phrase was snagged in my thoughts
and I couldn't remember where that verse was
or what it was in its entirety.
My search led me to discover that I'd heard it
quoted in some versions I wasn't familiar with
and that's what caused my mental confusion.
It was all about the word excellence,
about doing things with excellence.

Here's what I've been thinking on this morning:

Ecclesiastes 9:10a
Whatever your hand finds to do,
do it with all your might.

and


Colossians 3:23
(I'll share the God's Word Translation I found
because I love the way they refer to God in this version)
"Whatever you do, do it wholeheartedly
as though you were working for
your real master
and not merely for humans."


Also, in my sniffing around this morning
I came across this post on a blog I know nothing about.
So I'm just saying, this one post that I read is good
--because you know I'm a big Elisabeth Elliott fan.
And I love the first quote of hers on here.
I've read it before, but I always
get something out of it.

Okay....one half of my children are up,
that's two thirds of the student body.
(Guess who's been explaining fractions lately?)
I must go wake up my upper class man. She is the
one child who would sleep in.....oh, that these boys
of mine would do that at this age.
But time for snoozing is long past.
It's now time to get this week started.
I hope yours, Dear Reader,
is off on a good foot.


(giggle)