Monday, April 20, 2009

Follow up to yesterday's post

This post goes along with the one below. I heard the song (by Craig Morgan) God Must Really Love Me Easter weekend (oh if you turn your speakers on you can hear it). The first time I heard it, the radio played the "special version" which had messages from military men and women overseas to their family here. It was very sweet. The second time I listened to it, I actually listened to the words and realized that this song is very true about my life. It seems like our society is very much about dwelling on all the bad stuff going on, the war, the economy, you name it. Instead, we should be dwelling on everything God has given us. It seems like the world is so much about pissing contests (excuse my language) about how bad our lives our instead of how great we've been blessed. Can you imagine a conversation that went like this, "Oh man, today God blessed my life! He allowed me to wake up and start my day. Then, he allowed me to kiss my husband goodbye on the way to work. He even gave me the job that I got to go today." Instead we hear this, "Today was horrible. I had to wake up early to get to work. My husband was cranky when he left for work. Work was terrible and I hate my job. Then on the way home from work, the traffic was horrible." I admit, I am very much guilty of the second scenario. When I heard the song, I felt very guilty. We heard once at convention that we are so focused on seeing a big miracle in our life that we always forget to see the little, everyday miracles that happen in our lives everyday. Pastor Jeremy once made a comment that made me stop cold. He stated that the fact that we woke up and we were able to get to church that morning was a miracle. My goal is to start noticing and thanking God for the everyday miracles God performs in my life. Today, so far I'm thankful for the ability to wake up and get out of bed, my husband who is amazing, William being healthy, and the beautiful weather down here. What are your miracles today?