I don't know about you, but I could live here! Do you see the smoke curling from the chimney? It looks so cozy!
I have always liked cozy, I think that may be why I prefer winter to summer, it's somewhat difficult to be cozy, naturally, in the summer. And by naturally I am referring to the temperature; cozy to me is a nice fire in the wood stove, cookies or something else tasty cooking in the oven, filling the house with warm wonderful smells. Being curled up with a good book or a great movie on the box and maybe, for me knitting. I know not everyone knits, but some of us do and knitting scarves in the summer is not anywhere near as much fun as knitting scarves in the winter....
Doesn't this little narrative sound awesome? To me it does...because I am lucky enough to know the reality of this kind of home. Sure my husband and I have to work to have this kind of home, but God has blessed us and everyday I see more blessing from God that I didn't even realize were there.
When my children were small...
I used to sing a song to them and with them...Count your blessing name them one by one, count your blessings see what God has Done, count your blessings, name them one by one, Count your many blessings see what God has done!
This is probably still one of my favorite songs especially for teaching the wee ones.
We need to understand that our God wants to bless us, even in our adverse situations. Your baby is crying none stop. Okay, he has a belly ache, well I can feel sad for the situation, but, look how many babies will not make it thru the next five minutes, because of infant deaths, abortion, or a tragic accident. I will take the blessing of a belly ache any day, wont you mommies out there.
We can always see a blessing, in any situation; our God is so good that he has provided us with this ability. I know that when a loved one passes away, there can be profound sadness. And it seems that the younger a person is the more profound is the sadness. What we must look at is that this person, if very young, or shall I say before the age of accountability, is in heaven with our Lord. What place could possibly be better? Oh sure, I know we, the alive ones, are missing out on a lot of joy that we anticipated, but what of the joy, that is now being showered all over our loved and departed one! We couldn't possibly deny them this! Wow! Just the thought of denying them this amazing joy, now that would be sad!
Okay so now we have talked about a profound sadness and seeing the blessing in it. I know that this isn't a happy thought, but it is definitely something to consider.
God has provided a way (Another great song) for us to deal with things. wither they are a sad or an aggravating situation...you just need to look for the blessing, there will be one, even if we can't find it, God knows...Well I just looked at the weather map and it looks like we may be getting some snow today. I especially like the snow if I don't have to go out in it. But, and here is my blessing, I have a very short drive to work, actually in good weather it takes me eight minutes or so to drive to work, but a little longer if I get behind a tractor...
Now you need to go and be a blessing to someone today and keep your eyes open for someone, anyone, who may need your assistance!
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I have always liked cozy, I think that may be why I prefer winter to summer, it's somewhat difficult to be cozy, naturally, in the summer. And by naturally I am referring to the temperature; cozy to me is a nice fire in the wood stove, cookies or something else tasty cooking in the oven, filling the house with warm wonderful smells. Being curled up with a good book or a great movie on the box and maybe, for me knitting. I know not everyone knits, but some of us do and knitting scarves in the summer is not anywhere near as much fun as knitting scarves in the winter....
Doesn't this little narrative sound awesome? To me it does...because I am lucky enough to know the reality of this kind of home. Sure my husband and I have to work to have this kind of home, but God has blessed us and everyday I see more blessing from God that I didn't even realize were there.
When my children were small...
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This is probably still one of my favorite songs especially for teaching the wee ones.
We need to understand that our God wants to bless us, even in our adverse situations. Your baby is crying none stop. Okay, he has a belly ache, well I can feel sad for the situation, but, look how many babies will not make it thru the next five minutes, because of infant deaths, abortion, or a tragic accident. I will take the blessing of a belly ache any day, wont you mommies out there.
We can always see a blessing, in any situation; our God is so good that he has provided us with this ability. I know that when a loved one passes away, there can be profound sadness. And it seems that the younger a person is the more profound is the sadness. What we must look at is that this person, if very young, or shall I say before the age of accountability, is in heaven with our Lord. What place could possibly be better? Oh sure, I know we, the alive ones, are missing out on a lot of joy that we anticipated, but what of the joy, that is now being showered all over our loved and departed one! We couldn't possibly deny them this! Wow! Just the thought of denying them this amazing joy, now that would be sad!
Okay so now we have talked about a profound sadness and seeing the blessing in it. I know that this isn't a happy thought, but it is definitely something to consider.
God has provided a way (Another great song) for us to deal with things. wither they are a sad or an aggravating situation...you just need to look for the blessing, there will be one, even if we can't find it, God knows...Well I just looked at the weather map and it looks like we may be getting some snow today. I especially like the snow if I don't have to go out in it. But, and here is my blessing, I have a very short drive to work, actually in good weather it takes me eight minutes or so to drive to work, but a little longer if I get behind a tractor...
Now you need to go and be a blessing to someone today and keep your eyes open for someone, anyone, who may need your assistance!
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