Apr. 5, 2008
A beautiful Saturday morning...
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I was up early this morning, while the house was still quiet. I made myself a coffee, and sat down at my computer to try and get some work done before everyone gets up, and the quiet is exchanged for 'Mom, can I...?' or 'Hey, I was watching that...gimme the remote back', or the ever famouse 'But mooooooooooom, I don't waaaaaaaaaaanna clean my room...I wanna go to (insert friends' name here) house. Ahhhhhhhh quiet...better enjoy it while it lasts. As I sat down, even with curtains drawn, the sun was just hitting the exact place that would cause it to be shining ever so brightly...in my eyes. So, I'm thinking to myself, God's trying to tell me something. I coulnd't even see the monitor because of the glare, so I grabbed my Bible in hopes that I would maybe have time for some quite time with the Word. I sat and read Isaiah 4:2, because for some reason, althought I am just starting Exodus in my personal study, that's the page I opened my Bible to. I felt like God was leading me there. What I got from this little bit of time I had, just for myself and God's word, was this. You can't truly appreciate nature until you take the time to look or listen to what is around you. Yes, maybe there is still 4.5 feet of snow in my back yard..but that snow was a gift from our Almighty God. And what a beautiful gift it is, as are all of His gifts. So what if the sun is shining in my eyes? I have to be thankful that there is sun at all, because that sun, in my opinion, is like a message from God, letting me know that He is still there. Tomorrow it might be a bird chirping, or rain falling, or any number of beautiful things that happen all around us. My point is, I have to stop complaining when the gifts God sends are not what I expected, or would have liked. I need to rejoice and be thankful that He is sending these gifts to me. What a sad state I would be in if He decided not to send me any more gifts, and I would start to worry. Praising and thanking God for all things...even the snow! Stephanie |
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Apr. 5, 2008 - Bonjour
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