God's gifts from decorating
Psalm 77:11-12
I will remember the works of the LORD;
Surely I will remember Your wonders of old.
I will also meditate on all Your work,
And talk of Your deeds.
If you haven't picked up from this blog yet, this has been the year of gratitude. God has been teaching me about living each moment -- grateful for His gifts, present with my family and those around me. He's been teaching me about not waiting for some day, some thing to happen to make me fulfilled, willing to be present. And as He seems to do with each lesson that needs to be learned, He keeps giving me more insight, more verses, more words of wisdom from others, more repetition about gratitude.
As you saw a few weeks ago, He kept bringing back to this verse... Declare that Your name is near. And this week, it has been the above verse from Psalm 77. If we want to stay close to Him, not drift, not wander, not waver, He calls us to remember His works... The ones He has done for His people throughout history, the ones He has done for our family, the ones He has done for me. "I will remember the works of the Lord.... I will also meditate on all Your work, and talk of Your deeds." That is a large part of why I write this blog: To remember His works, to remember for myself and for my children; and to talk of His deeds.
And from A Holy Experience, today's words of wisdom:
“But the biggest mistake I made is the one that most of us make while doing this.
I did not live in the moment enough.
This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of the three of them sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages 6, 4 and 1. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night.
I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed.
I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less.”
~Anna Quindlen
And now to list my week of God's blessings...
- A pot full of oatmeal, enough for the whole family
- Abel helping me with laundry
- Abel jumping on Adrianna's bed: "This is so fun!"
- Adrianna making paper chains every minute she had a chance
... And hanging them in her play room- Adrianna commenting: "My carrot's like a tire swing"
- Abel's: "This is reallly goood"...And his willingness to wear his winter hat
- Hearing birds singing in the parking lot, even as the storm blew in
- In the car, singing "R-U-S-T-Y" with Adrianna, instead of "B-I-N-G-O"
- Taking my sweet old dog to the vet for seizures, thinking it may be his last day, and finding out that his blood work is all normal, and he may just have epilepsy
...And his medication for it only being $10 a month
- Having a cozy, warm morning with hot chocolate and goodies
- Clearing out extra stuff from the play kitchen
- And Scott playing with the kids while I did so
... And protecting Ruthie from an attacking dog, and her not sustaining lasting injuries
...And playing the thankful game with Adrianna so that we could both make it home without grumbling
- Date night with my sweetie
- Adrianna lacing book marks
- Adrianna's first snow day
- Using a delayed school start to play trains
... And paint
... And Abel actually wanting to with us
- Using the Jesse Tree Advent Devotional with the kids
... And Abel pointing to it and saying, "Adam and Eve eat the fruit"
(To get your free copy, go to Jesse tree advent devotional from A Holy Experience)
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