You know how I have told you before
that I am a spoiled rotten child of God?
Well, that is so true.
And it just occurred to me tonight while I was
fixing supper that even in the midst of
a smelly situation, that is still so true.
Isn't life funny like that?
You can be knee deep in a stink and at the same time,
know without a doubt that you are
blessed beyond measure.
I was doing laundry all day today
(where do all those dirty clothes come from?
are we taking in laundry that I don't know about?)
and then tonight, making supper and it was
still sunny outside and my kids were bustling around,
doing their thing, and Lloyd Dobbler was in
and out.....and I just had a moment of perspective
there where I started counting my blessings.
And then I started thinking of other people.
Like right now tonight....a little girl,
the same age as my Big E,
is having a bone marrow transplant.
Oh, how my heart aches
for that child and for her mother.
Lloyd Dobbler came in today after running an
errand and, knowing where he'd been, I asked
him about a person that should have been there.
He said that person wasn't there, he was home with
his wife....who, they just learned, has stage 4 cancer.
They have started chemotherapy to buy her
a possible month or two.
And then a friend of mine from high school was going
to see if she could drop off the third book in a series
that I am reading (let's not even mention what
that is right now), and I was thinking of her
.....how she is unable to have children of her own
and she and her husband are faithfully pursuing
every avenue of adoption. I thought of her walking
into my house, noisy with children and baby things
scattered here and there. I thought of how that
would point out to her the ache of her own
unfulfilled desire. I remember being there,
wanting what I didn't have and hearing other
tired mothers complain....but at least I had the hope
of having my own children....and obviously did later on.
But tonight I just thought of people around me
who are dealing with major stuff.
It kind of made my stink not smell so bad.
I am so grateful for all the blessings in my life.
"Praise God from whom all blessings flow...."
that I am a spoiled rotten child of God?
Well, that is so true.
And it just occurred to me tonight while I was
fixing supper that even in the midst of
a smelly situation, that is still so true.
Isn't life funny like that?
You can be knee deep in a stink and at the same time,
know without a doubt that you are
blessed beyond measure.
I was doing laundry all day today
(where do all those dirty clothes come from?
are we taking in laundry that I don't know about?)
and then tonight, making supper and it was
still sunny outside and my kids were bustling around,
doing their thing, and Lloyd Dobbler was in
and out.....and I just had a moment of perspective
there where I started counting my blessings.
And then I started thinking of other people.
Like right now tonight....a little girl,
the same age as my Big E,
is having a bone marrow transplant.
Oh, how my heart aches
for that child and for her mother.
Lloyd Dobbler came in today after running an
errand and, knowing where he'd been, I asked
him about a person that should have been there.
He said that person wasn't there, he was home with
his wife....who, they just learned, has stage 4 cancer.
They have started chemotherapy to buy her
a possible month or two.
And then a friend of mine from high school was going
to see if she could drop off the third book in a series
that I am reading (let's not even mention what
that is right now), and I was thinking of her
.....how she is unable to have children of her own
and she and her husband are faithfully pursuing
every avenue of adoption. I thought of her walking
into my house, noisy with children and baby things
scattered here and there. I thought of how that
would point out to her the ache of her own
unfulfilled desire. I remember being there,
wanting what I didn't have and hearing other
tired mothers complain....but at least I had the hope
of having my own children....and obviously did later on.
But tonight I just thought of people around me
who are dealing with major stuff.
It kind of made my stink not smell so bad.
I am so grateful for all the blessings in my life.
"Praise God from whom all blessings flow...."
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4 comments:
That's my girl! When we look outward, we see how really bad our lives could be. God is so good!
So often it is all in our perspective. I try to tell these kinds of things to my children often. We are so very blessed.
Good for you. Those moments of perspective are another blessing. I know I get caught up in my day to day stuff that when I do peek up at those around me (like looking at my prayer list) I am humbled that I'm not more grateful.
AMEN to all that!! I have to stop and mentally thumb through the Rolodex of names of people we know of or about who have a set of circumstances that I would NOT do well to have and that always makes my situation just PALE in comparison!! We are truly blessed!!!
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