Which is fine, except that...

This is a week in which we have been unable to start school before 10am.

Which is fine, except that then we do school past lunch time.

Which is fine, except that then I spend most of my day schooling.

Which is fine, except that when I do that, I don't have enough time to get things done.

Which is fine, except that the people in my house expect and need to have things done.

Which is fine, except that they don't always want to help to get those things done.

Which is fine, except that I need help to do for the people that created the work that I need to get done in the first place. 

Which is fine, except the reason I can't get done what I need to get done for the people who created the work for me to do in the first place is that that people that I'm schooling are the one preventing me from getting done what I need to get done.

It's no coincidence that as I read Amy Carmichael quoting an old Indian proverb yesterday, "Children tie the mother's feet" (and hands too?) my heart sang in agreement. 

But then Amy was powerfully struck by the image of Christ wrapping himself in a towel and stooping to wash the disciples' feet. The Savior did not view humble service as small or unimportant. So Amy Carmichael willingly let her 'feet be tied' for the love of Him whose feet were pierced. 

from "Trial and Triumph: Stories from Church History

So I will humbly spend the day schooling the children that God has entrusted to me. With a thankful and a grateful heart. With a spirit of Eucharisteo, which I am learning to live contentedly in the spirit of. And I'm thankful for this sweet reminder...