Duty calls this morning. I just haven't answered yet; just like the phone call I declined this morning while I was getting the kids set for school. I just couldn't get my act together. I'm not the only one. The whole house is in rebellion. Everybody's bent out of shape, including the cupcake liners I enlisted for breakfast.

Our sleeping schedules and more importantly our hearts are still on break. We long to live our days in unbridled freedom, fed by fried food and Netflix.

We're all drowning in sorrow here. Just ask the liquidy chocolate chip muffins I made this morning that had twice as much milk in them as they're supposed to. Who messes up a "just add milk" recipe? A girl who's caught between upheaval and the frantic comprehension that break is over whether we like it or not. (A girl who doesn't know how to cook as well as one who often carelessly reads directions would also mess up a "just add milk" recipe….I'm just saying). However I suspect that it's my displeasure and the grief of this entire household that messed up the muffins. Breakfast was an edible representation of the world just not being right with Spring Break's ceasing.  It's as if soggy muffins fell from the cloud of gloom that lay overhead this morning. I'm finding I need some words to urge me on this Monday after Spring Break.

Here's what the Word has for me, for my kids, and for you if you're finding yourself (for whatever reason) lacking the strength or attitude to get about it today.

I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Psalm 16:8

You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. Isaiah 26:3

The Lord says, "I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you". Psalm 32:8

Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4

Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5;16-18

I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will make mention of your righteousness, of yours only. Psalm 71:16

It is God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect. Psalm 18:32

This is a day that the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the spirit of the Lord is there is freedom. 2 Corinthians 3:17

No better nourishment than the word. It sure beats those Monday morning muffins. Well. Duty is calling again.  I think I'll answer now.