To Really See

Very often, we want back what we had when it's gone.

But, we don't want what we have when it's here.

It's how it goes sometimes.  Crazy, isn't it?

Perhaps, if we slow down to really see

the blessings of now, we won't wish them away.

We'll drink them in and rejoice!

And, so...today, by God's grace, I am rejoicing.  
Will you join me?  Will you take time to notice the little things

and the not-so-little-things that are the gifts of today?

You might be surprised to see.  To really see.

You may find that these sometimes-messy-moments 
might just be the best gifts after all.

~ More sunshine and blue skies...SO welcomed by us all

~ The sounds of home...water filling up the tub,
pages turning, furnace humming, 
and the click of computer keys as Fraser works next to me

~ The way the trees rustle in the breeze and 
that I can just look up and out to see them

~ Crossing things off my *to do* list...what a feeling!

~ The school we are connected with and how
they left Austin's report cards online for me to print whenever I was ready

~ The things the teachers wrote and how they made me cry

~ That they graduated Austin and gave him final marks for all his courses
even though he hadn't completed all the required assignments 
when the Lord called him Home to Heaven
(the night prior to his passing he was studying for a Geography exam)

~ That some memories can make me smile and even laugh

~ That the Lord is with us in this journey

~ And, that we do not walk this path alone

~ How gracious and merciful and wonderful our Great God is!

~ Waking up to a new day and seeing the dark turn to blue
with a few wispy-pink clouds floating past

~ Spurgeon to read while I ride

~ And, that each sermon is just the perfect length
to read in the time it takes to complete one session of cycling

SO thankful on this day (and always) that I belong to Him.

"I will sing unto the LORD, because He hath dealt bountifully with me."
~ Psalm 13:6 ~

Many Blessings,
Camille