Archives for February 2015

The past two days have left me reflecting…  Life is too short!  I’ve re-learned this and re-lived this a lot in the past 5 months!  Loss after loss for us and those around us, near and far alike…  It’s starting to affect my soul and the very way I live!  It doesn’t get any easier, it only seems to get harder and the pain of it all more real!  From my Grandad to my husbands Grandma who were old, to a baby lost in the womb…  A child or a grown person whose life was still cut short because of crazy fluke instances…  It just doesn’t seem fair!

What I do know, though, is that I want to love those around me in ways you can’t merely put into words.  I want to cherish every moment like it’s my last, and I want to serve those around me and show Christ to those that know Him, and especially to those who don’t.  I want to live my life for a Greater purpose and be remembered for the good and for showing Christ’s love  and character to all.

It’s so easy to get caught up in ourselves and our everyday mundane life, but my goal is to knock those walls and be more intentional, more filled with purpose!  I want my days to be filled with the mind frame of how I can better the world and not how others can better my world.  The truth is, I am a selfish person and I hate that about myself.  I have too many grumpy and grumbling days that I wish I could go back and change.  The good thing is that everyday is a new day and I’m so thankful His mercies are new each day!  God has been working in me and I have changed for the better, but I will never be perfect and I will ALWAYS be a work in progress!  I do want to strive to better myself in every way though and I want to be a light in this dark, dark world!

I was thankful to wake up early this morning and get laundry done.  Folding laundry reminds me that I have blessings all around me and each stain represents something that we have been through…  A part of us.  I’m grateful for those knee stains because it means that my children have legs and can run, have fun and be free…  A privilege that not all have and that hits close to home for me.  I’m thankful for the food stains because it means our bellies are full, another small thing we so easily take for granted every day.  I’m thankful for the marker stains because it means that my children can write, draw and be creative.  The joy of it all leaves me overwhelmed with gratefulness and proves how blessed I am.

Our days are numbered, friends!  Hug your loved ones tighter today, let them know that you love them!  You never know when the dreaded day will come that you may not get that chance again, so do it while you can!  Be thankful in ALL things, knowing that even in the bad there is purpose.  Remember that we all have our struggles, and many have things worse than we do so show grace to all you come into contact with, because you never know the pain they may be living with OR holding onto.  Be thankful.  Be hopeful.  And thank God for the blessing of this moment…  He loves you like no other!