Piano music softly plays in the background. Warm candlelight shines from a nearby table. Lightening flashes and thunder booms loudly from the sky above. The colors of the changing leaves are brilliant against their gray backdrop. I smile. This is a lovely day! I've chosen optimism in the place of frustration. I choose joy where discouragement creeps. My eyes are open to His gifts of grace all around. Rain beats down harder on the window pane. I'm enjoying it immensely.
Have you ever felt stuck? Perhaps in a rut? Finding yourself wanting? Perhaps now? We are so busy chasing what we do not have, we forget what we do have. What is right in front of us.
The ones we love and whom love us back. To be loved, is there any greater gift than that? Please. Stop and see the blessings all around us. We are rich. We have a God that reaches down from Heaven to place His tender, loving hand upon our sweaty brow. He gifted us Grace which replaced sin. Mercy which brought restoration. He calms the waves of adversity and restores our weary soul. He hears our hearts cry and holds our very best interest at heart. And He is the ever-present Love that never forsakes us.
