Finding Joy in the Journey: Super Quick Praises!

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Super Quick Praises!

Everyone made it to church!

Hugs from favorite girls.

Everyone went to the mall!

No one threw a tantrum!

Three well behaved children, almost all day.

I was only $0.18 over my needed Gymbucks total. I was excited. Mike just shook his head.

Sales girl and my mom understood my excitement.

Beautiful day outside.

Sunday afternoon nap. (if you're in our grown up Sunday School class, I mean a Sunday afternoon sleep!)

Bible Study. Tonight was a good one. Scepters and all! =)

Beautiful evening for playing outside.

Art projects done, shopping complete.

Lat night facebook chatting with grounded teenagers.

Everyone sleeping in their own beddy byes.

Tomorrow I should get CT results and meet Mike the Mold Man...the world might never be the same!

Goodnight!

2 comments:

lynda said...: HOping for good results and glad to see what a wonderful day for all of you. We will be seeing grand boys this week and I am excited!
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A. Lynda; June 1, 2009 at 7:08 AM
Beth said...: You go girl! Glad you got a nap in! :); June 1, 2009 at 9:23 PM

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Finding the joy in my journey...

There was a moment a couple of years ago that in just seconds changed my outlook, I guess you could call it my “ah ha” moment.

I have been a pretty positive person for quite a while. It’s easier to be positive when you learn to walk by faith and realize that God is ordering your steps (when you let him).
When you close him out or forget that faith, the worry starts and the complaints begin to flow… but back to that moment because although inconsequential, it was so clarifying.

Dax was little, maybe 10 or 11 months, he never sat still (hasn’t changed much!), he was into everything all the time, and I’m sure I’d had words with Lily, but honestly I don’t remember what got me to that moment, just that the day had been bad. Dax was in the bathtub, I was sitting on the toilet (lid down, thank you!) and he started to splash...not just a little splash but the kind of splashing I imagine comes before a tidal wave or a hurricane. I put my head in my hands and began to cry. At that moment, Sophie, our dog nudged open the bathroom door and started to lick the water off the side of the tub, then the floor. Dax started to giggle, and splash more…I started to laugh through the tears.

I told myself to “suck it up” (a term of endearment I’m sure will echo through my children’s thoughts as they fondly think of their mother's common phrases).

I lifted my eyes and my hands upwards and simply said, “thank you Lord for the dog that licks up the splashes, and for the little boy who makes them”.

From that moment on I made the conscious choice to choose joy.

I am no Pollyanna, I do my share of complaining. I know that everyday there is sadness, everyday there are struggles. As time passes (too quickly!) more and more I realize that the only pot of joy at the end of this journey is the one in heaven, but joys on this worldly journey are all around us. Even in the middle of the busyness and the sadness, there is laughter, the smile of a child, a phone call, or a friend’s hug. If we take the time to see, hear, smell, taste, & feel all that God has laid on our path the ride can be an incredibly joyous one.

So as life is spinning around me, there are moments I may find myself wanting to sit and cry, but at the end of each day I want to see the joys, revel in the praises, and take these memories with me. When I started this it was just for me, but as it continued I felt I needed to share…so, if you've joined my journey, enjoy the pictures, feel free to find joy in my joys, but most importantly, each time you stop in, take a minute to revel in the joy on your own journey.

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Super Quick Praises!

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