It's easy to take things in life for granted, don't you think.? Like the fact that I can turn a handle on my faucet and have fresh, clean water. Or that I can boot up my computer and Skype with my mom and dad when I'm lonesome for them. Or that I married a man who works hard and is dedicated to his job and to providing for his family. And it's especially easy to take things for granted when there is potential to look for the negative side of things. For example, there is running water back home (yes, North Dakota is that advanced now) and it's clean enough, but in the spring time when the river floods, it tastes like garbage. Or once in a while the quality of a Skype session may be really choppy and annoying. Or I can easily get lost in thoughts about how my husband's work can keep him away for entire days (literally), and there have been times when Benjamin has gone days without seeing his daddy because of it. There is a lyric in an Alison Krauss song that says "every silver lining always seems to have a cloud" and it's entirely possible to see things in life in such a light, especially when you come up against hard times. But then there are moments when it becomes impossible to take something for granted. Moments when God throws something so wonderful your way and you just can't help but bask in the beauty of what He has done for you. Moments like this...
And those types of moments remind me to appreciate the smaller gifts in life that can be so easy to overlook...like seeing a hummingbird flit around outside my kitchen window while I'm washing dishes, or watching my mom laugh so hard she cries, or the banjo....just kidding. The banjo thing is a joke, although I do feel the banjo gets a bad rap and is one of the most under-appreciated instruments ;) But on a serious note, may I not lose sight of all of the gifts God provides, whether big or small, during good times or bad.
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