Chemistry and Spanish and Life...

I remember well watching my brother work on his homework when he was in high school and I, a couple years younger, was still in junior high. I remember watching him learn the chemistry table and thinking to myself..."How will I ever be able to learn that? That looks sooo difficult. I actually don't think it will be possible for me." And then when I saw him learning the Spanish alphabet I had the exact same overwhelming thought. Of course my freshman year came. I learned both of those things just as my brother had done a couple years earlier. (And then I promptly forgot them but that is beside the point:) I did learn them. And it didn't even seem that hard in the process.

I have thought of this often in life. Especially lately... like yesterday when I ventured to the grocery store for the first time since Kaleah was born. Things have gone so well since her arrival and have been running so smoothly but I know that with Ryan still home and the kindness of friends still pouring in to help that the reality of having a newborn in addition to two young boys hasn't really set in yet. And I know it will. So, even though this has been a super smooth transition I, no doubt, am operating on less sleep and more hormones than usual and it causes me to think about "real life" and have thoughts like, "How will I ever prepare a meal for my family again---let alone a healthy one?" "How could I ever mother 5 children-or 6?!?-we better stop now!"

So, here is to remembering to look at what God has set before me today---not next week, not next year---today. And to believing that just like I am equipped and ready to do today because of His wisdom and grace and I will be equipped and ready for tomorrow when tomorrow comes...and the next day and the next.