Treasures from Heaven!

...“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, ⁴² but few things are needed..." Luke 10:41-42

What a productive week I've had, beginning Saturday when I began caring for my friend's garden on her farm.  Up early in the morning so I can get out and pick tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, peppers, figs and so on.  Collecting this much produce means having a way to keep it, so I took up canning and preserving jams!  I've worked hard, caring for the garden and weeding where I can and then coming home and spending all day canning.  Ayana has been caring for the little ones while I manage the food and cleaning of the house. 

When I finally finished canning today, I took the opportunity to clean.  I washed windows, cabinets, toilets, counters, swept floors, etc.   I had been listening to the news while I cleaned and felt all tense inside.  I decided I needed to change the atmosphere of my heart so I turned on some worship music from a "WOW" cd.  I was down on the floor scrubbing some spots out of the linoleum when the song "Cinderella" came on, by Steven Curtis Chapman.  As I listened and sang along I found myself crying.  It was almost eight o clock at night and my kids were upstairs in my room watching a movie while I was scrubbing floors.  I'd worked all day on canning and cooking, without spending any time with the kids and I took the last of my free time to clean my house.  Giving my house and my anxiety more attention than my children. I sang the words "'Cause all too soon the clock will strike midnight, And she'll be gone..." and I broke down.  I thought more of my 15 and 12 year old girls than anything.  I decided to take the rest of the evening to hang with my kids, even though three of them weren't here. 

I gave the baby girls a bath and sat in my room watching Jake dance (like a professional) to "Step Up 3".  The little ones played and Ayana talked about how she wished she could be a dancer like the people on TV.  I recorded the kids on video before they went to bed.  I've spent the remainder of the night listening to some good teachings and preachings on TV and filling my heart with treasures from Heaven!  Like my kids, seven treasures from Heaven!