THIS is the day that the Lord has made ...

I will rejoice and be glad in it.

A couple of years ago, when, I think, we were rereading Calm My Anxious Heart, my friend, Gini and I started reminding each other of this.  We would send it in a text or write it on a facebook wall, or just say it in the midst of whatever chaos was ensuing ... and we still do.

This week I am reminded, not of the last, "I will rejoice and be glad in it" ... but in the first word.  Yep, THIS.

You see, I am a planner, with a capital P.  I am a list maker ... even though I generally promptly lose said list.  I might have been known to write things on my calendar, just to mark them off.  And as I was thinking about this week, my brain started going 90 to nothing with all the fun stuff ahead .... and I start micromanaging and planning down to the minute how to get it all done.  Yeh, sick, I know.

But, then, this morning, as I started in the word ... and my mind promptly wandered to Friday night's menu, I was struck with the realization that if I didn't live in THIS day, I was gonna miss it.  SOOOOOO ... despite the fact that I am wondering if tomorrow's garden party will have to move inside, and I'm strategizing for which night I will mow (has to be Tuesday or Wednesday), and I am mentally planning a menu for Gavin's graduation shindig ... I am going to live in THIS day and enjoy the girls who just sat at my table and in my floor the last 5 hours ... because while all these things are still to look forward to this week ... THIS is the only THIS I get.