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Grains of Sand
Apr. 30, 2008 • 4:32 PM
My family and I went away last weekend, kind of "extra baggage" for my hubby's business trip. He wanted us there of course, but the main purpose of the trip was for his work.
Anyway... we stopped by a lake with a beach. It was chilly but we pulled off and just had a little fun in the sand!
There is just something so amazing about sand. Maybe it is how going barefoot through it makes you feel so free! Maybe it's how one grain is just so teeny tiny of a piece yet it is part of that whole beach! It can even be molded and formed when water is added.
Grains of Sand
How many grains of sand on this beach?
How many blades of grass in the meadow?
How many drops of dew on the tree?
If you could count all these, You could count the number of God's blessings.
-Author Unknown
If we stopped to think of all the blessings God puts into our life each and everyday- things we never even think about - we'd never be able to stop because the blessings are truly so abundant. Are we thankful? It's like that sand. There are just so many individual things/pieces, it would be impossible to count, as this verse says: Psalms 139:17-18 "How precious are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand."
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has BLESSED us with every spiritual blessing in Christ."- Ephesians 1:3
The Lord cares about every little thing! I am reminded of this regularly. Did you see this post- about Him sending my son a rainbow? (when we were studying rainbows.) People like to call it coincidence but it is not! It is the Lord giving us blessings- it is Him blessing us with even the littlest things on our minds. Have you ever thought to yourself how you'd like a certain book or product after reading a review and then.... you find it at a yard sale or thrift store or someone gives it to you? Do you stop to thank the Lord for this gift? Well... He did somehting like this again today. I had this post on my mind after I uploaded our photos a few days ago. Then my devotional this morning had a cute story involving sand. Not a coincidence!
The devotional book I recently started is God's Little Devotional Book for Moms (published by Honor Books) It is a wonderful devotional book and I recommend it!
Anyway my devotional today was a story about a family with 4 kids that just took a family vacation to the mountains. They hiked the mountains each day and had campfires, smores and storytelling. The tent was less than desirable and they didn't sleep too well but wonderful family memories were made! Once back home, the children were excitedly telling the grandparents about all the fun they had. These grandparents took one look at the parents (who still had to unpack and get back into the swing of schedules and routines plus catch up on laundry and sleep) and they said "You two need a vacation!" So the grandparents kept the children the following weekend and insisted the parents go away to relax. They went to the beach and just relaxed on the beach together. On the last day the wife mentioned to her husband how it had been 3 whole days without any children or related worries and that was the first time since their first child was born. Her husband said "Yes and I kind of miss them. Will you throw some sand in my face?" 
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Apr. 30, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Sandpiper
What a lovely post! I like the 'feet & sand' pictures. It's good to sit back and think of all our blessings(more often than just at Thanksgiving!).
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Apr. 30, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by SeekingJESUSnTeachingKIDS
I love the little feet pictures. I love tiny feet.
:>Michelle
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May. 1, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by ApplesofGold
I really enjoyed reading this post-the sandy feet pictures, your reflections and the devotional for Moms at the end. Holly
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Posted by bitsandpieces
beautiful post, I love your posts like this!
:) Carisa
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May. 1, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by CrossView
That joke is too funny! =D
Great shots! I love the feetsies, too.... =P
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