Each Day

Each day goes by so quickly.  What did I do today?  This morning at 5:30am I worked out, Trudy's muscle class.  I came home, helped the kids get ready for school, drove the kids and a couple of their friends to school, came home, fed Adam, did the dishes.  Then?  I took a nap.  I was exhausted.  Too many nights of staying up really late 12 am - 1 am and getting up early to exercize.  The rest of the day?  A bit of cleaning, carpooling, shopping, making treats with my kids and having a family movie night.  Jim got Star Trek free in the mail through his Art Directors Union.  Yeah, I'm really not sure what I did.  I do know I had a nice time teaching my kids to make the treat.  We made chocolate marshmallow bars.  We spread marshmallows  and slivered almonds on a cookie sheet covered in wax paper then poured melted chocolate over the top and sprinkled with broken up pepermint candy canes.  We'll let it sit in the refrigerator over night.  Ummm good!

I Can do all Things through Christ Which Strengtheneth Me. Phillipians 4:13

What does the word which refer to?  Christ or the things which strengthen us?  I prefer to believe that it refers to both.  I believe that Christ will strengthen me in all things and that he will help us with all things that will strengthen us.  Are things that will strengthen us always good, easy things?  I don't think so.  I think the hard things in life are often the things that strengthen us the most.  They are sad, they can be painful, they can be hard but if we put our trust in Christ he will always bring us through.  Maybe not in the way we expect, but in the way that will be most beneficial to us.