Saturday. A regular kind of weekend day: waking up late (relatively late considering work days are 5:00), cleaning the house laundry, errands. Nothing special today, really, just different errands. Today we have a little Christmas shopping to do after Sydnie's haircut. That alone has Syd on edge and I am bracing for the aftermath. She can't stand the Ouidad haircuts because she says it always pulls and hurts. But here, as we wait for our turn and I reflect on our day so far, I can't help but see God's goodness. When it's a haircut day Sydnie picks where we have lunch (always Wendy's) and today was no different, however the stylist was running behind and asked us to come later, so on a rare occasion, we had extra time. The simple act of eating together was such a delight when I chose to see God in the day. Laughing with my daughter is truly a blessing some families may not be able to experience right now, due to so many possible situations, yet I fear, too often we take these little blessings for granted. It is easy to see the ugly, or wrong. With just a little more thought and inspection, the blessings and goodness are clear: we must look for them and not allow Satan to cloud our perspectives.
Behold, children are a gift of the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth. ~Psalm 127:3-4
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