June 16, 2008

• A Different Spin on My Monday

  I re-read
  everything I wrote today and felt like I vented, and then some, a bit
  much.  I went outside with my camera thinking, “Surely, God, you can
  show me something that’s beautiful.  Isn’t there ANYTHING I can find that will make me feel grateful?”

  I looked in the sky and saw black storm clouds brewing in the west.  The kind that threaten a pending BIG storm.  There HAVE been some severe weather alerts in the west this afternoon.  This is what I first set my eyes on when I looked up into the sky.
  

  Then I turned and saw these two beautiful coral roses that, somehow, grow amongst my burgundy/red ones every year.
  

  This is the majority of the color in that bush except for a few coral ones here and there.  I found an almost perfect red rose with droplets of rain.
  

  Satisfied that there was more beauty going on around me than I was focusing on today, I headed inside and found my cat, Stormy, watching TV.  “American’s Funniest Animal Videos”!!!  Doesn’t she look like she was smiling?  I know she made me smile.  I laugh everytime I find her watching TV.
  
  I have just never owned a cat that was such an avid TV watcher!

  Between the storm brewing and the knowledge I live in a safe home, finding roses that were truly breath-taking, and then finding my cat watching TV – I felt satisfied and less “burdened,” I guess you could say.

  Then, I turned my attention to dinner and was amazed at what I saw.  Right smack under my nose, my simple dinner of “just sloppy Joe’s” and turned into a more elaborate (but still easy to fix and paper plate serving) meal.  Last minute I added 3-bean salad and deviled eggs.  How could I feel so burdened with such a feast in front of my family when so many are going without food today?
  

  Ready to be done with picture taking, I turned and saw my once again cluttered bar.  Cluttered with THIS!!!!
  
  Yes, those horrible things called chocolate chip cookies!!!  I had whipped them up while I was browning the meat for the sloppy Joe’s and stuffing the filling back into the eggs.

  I’m feeling more grateful than (I KNOW) I sounded in my earlier post today and I am now happy to say I am hearing, “Bless the Lord O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name.  Bless the Lord O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:”  Psalm 103:1-2

  THANK YOU to all of you who are praying for our family.  THIS post right now is a direct result of YOUR prayers.  THANK YOU!

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