Perspective
The past few days my perspective has been off a bit. This could be the reason why I kept putting off a blog post. I had a few ideas or things to post about but I couldn’t really embrace any of them. I had cute pictures and wanted a witty way to share them. Nothing was clicking for me.
Then today was Monday. You know what I mean? Yep, the we are all exhausted from a wonderful day of worship and fellowship combined with the two little ones didn’t want to sleep at 3 am so we are a bit (um, a lot) whiny Monday. Yes, that Monday. It was Monday where I didn’t have a vehicle and I felt that I really needed one. The walls were closing in on me. The baby was fussy, the two year old wasn’t happy with anything, the 6 year old needed help writing notes to friends and the 11 year old was having pi for math and it wasn’t settling well.
It was one of those days where I was a bit envious that my hubby gets to leave and go talk to adults and see a different set of walls. He can go grab lunch out if needed and come home late and not worry if he has enough diapers or when the baby will need to eat again. Yeah, he’s got it made. Mmmhmmm. Poor old me. Stuck at home with all these fussy kiddos.
Thankfully, God gives me a gentle rebuke. He gently opens my eyes to the truth. He soothes my heart with what is precious in His sight.
Eddie came home from work this evening. I couldn’t wait for him to get home so I could beg for 15 min to just get out of the house. The Lord reminded me of a picture I took today and wanted to show Eddie. The picture was of two sisters being goofy in the midst of the dreaded *Monday*.
While Bekah and I were discussing the wonderfulness of pi, Hannah crawled over to listen in beside Bekah. When Bekah rolled to her side, Hannah, I guess needed a better view. I looked over and immediately told Mary to bring me the camera. I love the silliness of the picture but the sweetness, too. I told Bekah she grew a second head to help her with her math.
Back to my perspective…I allowed myself to focus on all the negatives of my day, forgetting precious moments like these. Giving no value to baby kisses, two year old giggles, 6 year old smiles….
Then Eddie saw the above pictures and as he laughed he said, “Man, you get all the fun stuff.”
Wow. Thank you Lord for the 2×4 on my heart. Eddie was right. I am blessed beyond measure. I get to see the first smiles, I get to hear them read their first words, I see two sisters being goofy, I get to rock them to sleep, read them stories……I don’t have to leave them every morning. Forgive me Father for my selfishness. Thank you, Lord for restoring my perspective.
You know, I knew you had posted on your blog…I had chose to not read it until today. Um, today is Monday, I’m sure of it and it’s a Monday when I really really needed to read this. Thank you, friend for sharing and for tempering the 2×4 to *my* heart with such cute pictures!