Time has a way of getting past you...

Wow-What a day. I fell like I was able to accomplish a lot and when I look so much is still needed to get done. Today was a beautiful day, my children were in the backyard playing and laughing. I was moving a mountain of paper work and my husband was wanting me to stop and get dressed so we could go to Lowe's. You see, sir William, as I call him, loves the Christmas displays at Lowe's, every year we add to the front lawn. Our neighbor's have decided his name will be Mr. Griswold. One neighbor said we were a landing site for airplanes, He loves it. I know he does it for our girls. I was not hearing it of coarse because I was making a dent in the all to important paper work. Then my friend Lisa called me, who is co-partner in this ministry, she had called for a prayer request. Her son Joshua had received really bad news today, four of his closest friends were involved in a horrific accident. One of them lost his life today, he was 17 years old, another who was driving was in critical condition and didn't know if he would make it, along with him was his little brother, that was in the back seat was in a fight for his life that it would take a miracle from God to allow him to live. (His Little Brother-These two boys lost their mother 8 years ago when she was tragically killed in a car accident) So at this point I cannot imagine what the father could possibly be going through. The fourth young man was ejected from the car and suffered a broke foot. Joshua, who I consider one of my own was supposed to be with his friends last night but had a change of mind. I can only imagine what was going through my friend Lisa's mind while her son was telling her all of this. We all sent out prayer request after we heard and I received word about an hour ago that the driver has pulled through, he still has a ways to go, and his little brother-they have stopped his internal bleeding and is stable at this time, but is still in ICU, he still needs our prayers.
I am amazed at how quickly time goes by, my oldest daughter is almost 19 years old, I pray for my girls all the time. We never know when God will call us home, do we? Time goes by to quickly and I have been so guilty of this so many times of not putting my priorities in order, when we hear stories of this nature it is a wake-up call. Is there something that you have been putting off, Have you been meaning to do something, when was the last time you just hugged your child, read a book to them, played kick ball, Remember that game? 30 minutes a day of uninterrupted time with your child, spouse or parent, will make a world of difference. May God Bless You and Your Family, Please Take Good Care.....
Did I mention we had a blast today at Lowe's picking all kinds of new stuff out? I will post a picture of our yard when Sir William is done.