Lemon Drizzle and Laughter

Last night was Home Group. In recent weeks, I have taken to baking or just buying a few treats for sharing at these meetings as it is my way of honouring Ian and Alison who themselves are very generous and hospitable to all of us and put up with a lot! There are times when it is important we laugh. I can be far too serious and intense sometimes and last night was one of those evenings when people were up for a giggle. Strangely, I'd had an extremely busy and demanding day in school with a full roster of five clients, lunchtime drop ins and some complicated issues, all of which required my attention and concentration. When I came home I planned on going for a run but simply passed out on the sofa and slept. This is very unusual for me as I have loads more energy these days - the affect of doing lots of running! However, I was not going to miss Home Group though and I arrived with my lemon drizzle cake ready for action.

We started off catching up and there was a great atmosphere with a lot of laughter and joking. I was a bit 'high', although I'm still not sure why but when asked to open in prayer I was giggling so much it took me a couple of goes before I managed it. The last time I was that high was when I accidentally took a bit too much Lemsip and Paracetamol :o( Jackie then shared and we were looking at Psalm 139 reminding ourselves yet again that we are 'fearfully and wonderfully made'. Approaching this in a slightly different way, we got stuck into a 'Know Your Body Quiz' and 'Draw This Body Part on the Picture" Game. I think we won both but don't tell the others.

At this time all of us will have a lot on our plates. There is so much to 'do' that we can sometimes forget to stop, listen and most importantly....laugh at what is going on around us. Keep things in perspective. Have a great day.

p.s. ask Nathan to tell you about his pirate dream...we laughed alot xx