I Need You

This morning started out like many other Mondays.  The house is a total disaster from the aftermath of a fun filled Easter Weekend. The kitchen counters and the island are piled high.  We like to eat breakfast as a family but the pancakes are running behind.  Its kind of hard to cook in a messy kitchen.  Monte needs to get off to work.  Then the kids arise irritated with tummy aches, the results of a busy day and way too much Easter candy and good food.  They fight and fuss as they get dressed and ready.  Chaos has erupted and I know that bringing order to a large family takes time and patience that I don't know if I have first thing this morning.  One of our little guys doesn't function well when the schedule gets out of wack and we are definitely moving beyond way out of wack.  I brace myself, a tantrum could erupt at any moment.  There is so much activity and noise in the morning that I rarely turn on the radio, but I desperately need K-LOVE. So I not only turn it on, but I crank it up over the screeches, the sound of the vacuum getting a chore done, and the chatter of little people finishing up breakfast.   I hear Chris Tomlin singing "I need you Lord I need you...every hour I need you."  I take a moment, I breath, and I listen.  He is here in the chaos...I just need to tell him what he already knows..."I need you Lord I need you."

I reflect on our whirlwind stressful weekend and I realize that just because he died on the cross and saved me from all of my sins his work in me is not finished.  I still need him, oh I need him, every hour I need him.  I need him for the big stuff and I need him to get me through the little stuff each and every day.  This is not too small and I am not too small...I need him and he is here. 
Peace did return, at least for the moment.  Chores got done, no tantrums erupted, and now the house is quiet as everyone takes a moment and reads from God's Word.  Today we will work to return order and tidiness to our home, get ready for the week ahead, and love each other, but I will need HIM.

This is seriously as good as the Easter Pictures get this year.  The sun was in their eyes and if one was looking the others weren't.  We gave up after I had one of those mom melt down moments.  You know the kind where your husband is looking around to make sure none of the neighbors are outside to hear your not so nice little rant about cooperating for just one good Easter Picture.

I had to throw this picture in from Palm Sunday.  My baby boy was old enough to celebrate and carry a palm branch with his big brother this year!

Finding Eggs!

And we can't forget the Resurrection Garden that we enjoyed watching grow.  The kids closed the tomb on Thursday and reopened it on Easter Sunday Morning as we celebrated with a Chocolate Cross.