A Familiar Day

Being blessed beyond belief is something I see on a daily basis, however, have recently realized how many of us miss out because we lack taking time to pay attention to detail.

As working professionals, our day typically begins with a toddler's wet diaper, sassy five year old who insists on wearing shorts in the middle of a snow storm, a strong willed pre teen stating they just can't possible eat another bite of school food so "would we please fork over $5 for vendo-land?"

We haven't even made it to the bathroom ourselves to brush our teeth when the phone rings and it's our Mother wanting to know when we plan to stop by because she "hasn't seen us in ages". We continue to gently remind her, we actually do much more than she really realizes and had just been to see her two days ago. Then the dreaded guilt sigh comes barreling through the phone and she says "well, whenever you can find the time to come see me it would be nice." The conversation ends we shake our head as we jump into the shower and pray for hot water because the leak in the basement still isn't fixed.

We finally make it to breakfast and are ready for battle. Pancakes won't work, it takes too much time. "Who wants cereal?" We open the fridge to find someone has placed an empty gallon of milk on the top shelf. Our first thought is," Do we have enough money in reserve to fly to Cancun for the day?" We finally decide to pop peanut butter and toast into everyone and we are out the door.

Did we see our husband this morning or was that the water man checking the leak in the basement? Anyway, we are off and running the day has begun.

Blessings you say, what blessings? As our day's begin we often focus more on completing the task and less on the journey.

Take our toddler for example, did we see how he squealed with excitement when we walked into his room this morning? What about the way he put his finger up his nose then in our eye and said "eyes mommy eyes"? And as for the five year old, she wants to show us she is a big girl and really can dress herself even though she has no idea that we actually have seasons in the Midwest. Our teenagers are starving for our time, acceptance and encouragement. And even though our Mother's timing might be really really poor, we still have a Mother.

Being Blessed Beyond Belief is something I want to encourage each of us to look for on a daily basis. God says He has come to give us life and give it abundantly John 10:10. Being blessed isn't something that happens by accident. God wants to bless us and we need to expect it to happen.

How has God blessed you today?