Tuesday has become my day to think about the seemingly "ordinary" moments in my life.....to be grateful for those moments, to view them as the blessings they truly are. A long time ago, I heard someone say, "Love is in the details," and that thought really struck a chord with me. I think about it when I am setting a pretty table or changing out the decor in our home for the season or wrapping a gift....a million little ways that I have seen love in the details. Recently, I heard it stated a little differently: "God is in the details." I love that!!
My ultimate goal is to live a life that honors God, and I believe that He is pleased when I take the time to acknowledge and to be grateful for the wonderfully ordinary moments that make up my life. Moments like:
* taking Sienna to her first t-ball practice
* watching tv with my husband on the couch after the kiddos have gone to bed
* looking through photo albums and scrapbooks with my kids
* looking back at our wedding album with my husband for no "special" reason
* getting donuts on Saturday morning
* playing dominos with Sienna
* watching Grant learn and grow and change right before our eyes
* bedtime routines: baths, books, pajamas, toothbrushes....and the inevitable complaints that go along with all of those things :)
* chatting with friends during Sienna's dance class
* watching the kids play outside on a beautiful day
I am so very grateful for these "ordinary" moments. What ordinary moments are you grateful for?
3 comments:
Kristy--I so agree! And most of the time I just get too darn busy to pay attention to those little details! (Like yesterday when my daughter was SO sick and just wanted to be cuddled all day and I REALLY wanted to get my assignment (from last week!) for our class posted! Guess what--I cuddled all day, then got that assignment posted at night...the details really ARE where it's at. Thanks for the reminder. ;)
A life that honors God is doing what we do...well. A true gift of grace you have to see Him in the ordinary moments.
it is the little things. and i also love to seek them. blessings to a busy heart!
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