I Will Praise Your Name
We recently went on a family vacation to San Antonio. I wasn't expecting much out of the trip except just to have fun and enjoy each other... but boy did God show up! All throughout the vacation I saw Him. In His creation, in other people, in my children, my husband, my friends, and in myself. It was amazing. I think usually when things are going good, I don't give God the credit. Or I will thank Him for fixing everything, and then leave Him in the dust and continue on. I just want to stop and say thank you Lord for making this vacation everything it was. Reconnection, enjoyment, relaxation (only when we got back to the hotel, lol), FUN... I know that You were in total control and I know that You could have taken our vacation and used it as a trial and I praise You that wasn't the case!
Now being back at home, everything is back in autopilot. The kids went right back into the routine of driving me crazy, lol not really.... they just have LOTS of energy. But its back to the real world of paying the bills, trying to figure out how to get another car, dealing with getting ready for school, cleaning the house and all the little messes the kids and Bella make right after I've just cleaned the house.... and I need to count my blessings...
I have a loving, understanding, hard working husband. My husband has a job that pays very well. God gave me not one but two beautiful children. My children are healthy with no physical issues. None of us have physical issues for that matter. We have a cheap rent house that keeps us warm, cool, comfortable, and sheltered. We have a car that works and is dependable (for the most part) so that Daniel can get to and from work everyday and we can do what we need to on the weekend. We have amazing friends who are always there to help when we need it, or just there to have FUN...and EAT! :-) Our church family, because that is what it is, to lean on, encourage, lift us up, and fellowship with. We have so many "extras" that we can do, our Tv's, DVD's, Wii, TiVo..... I could sit here and count my blessings all day, and sometimes I think I need to, so I can stop complaining to God about all the things I don't have.
Father, help me to be content with what I have, because there is no reason I shouldn't be. Help me to be focused on You all through my day. Help me to not give up when Satan comes at me with attacks, as big or small as they may be. When my kids won't go down for a nap, help me to not be frustrated with them, when they pull out all the books on their bookshelves, help me to be calm and ask them to pick them all up. When we run out of something and I need to go to the store, help me to not complain that I need a car for myself and let me be appreciative that I have a store I can run to to get milk and that I have the money to do so. Help me to be thankful Lord. In Jesus Name I pray, Amen.
Now being back at home, everything is back in autopilot. The kids went right back into the routine of driving me crazy, lol not really.... they just have LOTS of energy. But its back to the real world of paying the bills, trying to figure out how to get another car, dealing with getting ready for school, cleaning the house and all the little messes the kids and Bella make right after I've just cleaned the house.... and I need to count my blessings...
I have a loving, understanding, hard working husband. My husband has a job that pays very well. God gave me not one but two beautiful children. My children are healthy with no physical issues. None of us have physical issues for that matter. We have a cheap rent house that keeps us warm, cool, comfortable, and sheltered. We have a car that works and is dependable (for the most part) so that Daniel can get to and from work everyday and we can do what we need to on the weekend. We have amazing friends who are always there to help when we need it, or just there to have FUN...and EAT! :-) Our church family, because that is what it is, to lean on, encourage, lift us up, and fellowship with. We have so many "extras" that we can do, our Tv's, DVD's, Wii, TiVo..... I could sit here and count my blessings all day, and sometimes I think I need to, so I can stop complaining to God about all the things I don't have.
Father, help me to be content with what I have, because there is no reason I shouldn't be. Help me to be focused on You all through my day. Help me to not give up when Satan comes at me with attacks, as big or small as they may be. When my kids won't go down for a nap, help me to not be frustrated with them, when they pull out all the books on their bookshelves, help me to be calm and ask them to pick them all up. When we run out of something and I need to go to the store, help me to not complain that I need a car for myself and let me be appreciative that I have a store I can run to to get milk and that I have the money to do so. Help me to be thankful Lord. In Jesus Name I pray, Amen.
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