the here + now

I was driving home from bible study with that Kohls bag sitting there. I was taking the clothes back that my husband asked me to return. Clothes that didn't fit right and one sweater that made me wonder if Douglas knows I'm not 48. I was ready to be home, but you know that Kohls bag sitting there. So Addie and I headed to Kohls for the very quick return. And a possible purchase of a $4 Clifford and the $2 Clifford Goes To Kindergarten book. As we were heading out, much quickly than I anticipated I walked outside and it was pouring. Addie and I ran giggling to the car. I started driving  thinking I wish I wasn't drenched right now and if I had just gone straight home we'd be dry. That's when I started thinking about that dreaded submission word. DunDunDDDDuuuuuunnnnnnnnnnn It was like a picture of submission with God. Sometimes when God asks something of us, asking us to obey It doesn't make the days, months or years easier. Sometimes the storms