Mar. 25, 2009
gratitude or grumpy
Posted in Just Ramblin
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The Lord wants us to have a grateful heart, and I'm trying but I'm really very grumpy. I have a case of the "poor me's" and it isn't pretty. Actually it's pretty stupid when I think of all the things we have to be grateful for, like even though I'm just getting over a nasty, viral thing, we've all be so healthy this winter compared to the last umpteen of them. Friends who've known us for many years have commented on the difference. I'm exhausted! It started before I got sick and is probably how I ended up sick. Nothing is going the way I thought it would six months ago, and yet the Lord's hand is so very clearly at work in our lives. My 17 year old knows what she wants to do with her life - and has had the same consistent plan for most of the time we've been here and that is a record. I knew what I wanted at 17 too, but no one listened. I followed the path I was directed down and I won't do that to her. I believe she has a discerning spirit, even if it is still immature, to know what the Lord has for her for this season in her life. I'm also considering (again) the whole idea of giving up the blog thing. This is not to get you all to say, oh, please don't, we really like what you're doing or please stop torturing us. It's a prayerful consideration. Do I have time to do this and do it well? Not really. Not with working 30+ hours, homeschooling, and just trying to be a keeper at home, never mind email and facebook - ugh! So be in prayer, not that I will continue or not, but that I will have the wisdom to follow the Lord's leading in this area -- and many other ones that seem to be pressing in around us currently. How is your attitude this morning? Are you grateful or grumpy? Blessings, MaggieRaye |
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