The original plan had been to go bike riding in the afternoon. But the kids’ friend group decided at the last-minute to have a hangout in the afternoon. So bike riding was moved to the morning.
I had planned on cleaning the kitchen in the morning.
I walked into the kitchen and was met with the disastrous mess of dirty dishes everywhere … and my immediate “blink” reaction was to be annoyed.
But then, just as quickly, Matthew 26:11 came to mind: “The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me.”
Except … that wasn’t exactly how it went. What actually came to mind was: “Dirty dishes you will always have, but bike riding with your kids you will not always have.”
So the dirty dishes were left as they were.
And we hit the bike trail.
It was well worth it!!
