All Circumstances

The story is told of a little girl who got a new bike. While she left it on the bike rack with the others one day when she was at the pool, it was stolen. She called her dad and told him what happened. To his surprise, she didn’t seem upset at all. She informed dad, “Dad, I am honored! Out of all the bikes they could have taken, they chose mine!”

Talk about being thankful in all circumstances!

I know I’ve written quite a bit about being positive in every circumstance and finding the good in everything, but the story of the girl takes that to a completely new level.

I tried my hand at giving thanks for the hard stuff in this post, so I don’t feel like I need to do it again, but I really wanted to share that story. That’s exactly what I’ve been striving to do.

That girl could have been upset, distraught, angry, malicious, bitter. But instead, she chose to be thankful. She probably had to go get a new bike, but think of how her day probably ended up following that incident- she could have sat sulking and crying, but she chose to be positive. And I’m sure the rest of her day turned out to be amazing because of it.

I’m going to take a different route listing my blessings today. The whole day was full, so I’m just going to give a run-down of everything that has happened.

I woke up earlier than usual because it was extremely hot in our upstairs. I couldn’t sleep and I just decided to get out of bed rather than lay there. So, I had about an hour more of time added to my day than I would have anyway.

I went to the post office to mail the things I sold on ebay, and then I ran to pick up a few groceries. On the way back, the car in front of me swerved off and onto the road and I had to slam on the brakes. It was kind of amusing, all of the groceries that were laying on the back trunk area of the trunk flew forward. I’m not kidding, I slammed hard on the breaks, or I would have hit that car (and no, I was not tailgating- anyway,) ... a pack of strawberries hit my head and went all over the car. It was pretty funny. Glad I was not hurt, and I hope that driver was okay too!

I came back, had lunch, and then made felt retelling props for the story "Go Away, Big Green Monster"- I made all the pieces for the face to be used when telling the story and then having the students retell the story.

I practiced for all of my services this weekend- I have 2 churches, and one installation service.

I then got a call that they needed a building host at the church for the afternoon. We are getting directory pictures done, and nobody was scheduled, and they thought I was friendly and nice so they said I'd be a good fit. I had to have a picture done for myself in the middle, but it was nice to visit with people and welcome them to the church.

After that, I had to go to work. It was a fun evening with a lot of laughs, and I enjoyed it, and I made people laugh, and people made me laugh.

And then I came home to some amazing comments on yesterday's post that brought me to tears. THANK YOU so much for your encouragement and prayers.! I can do this! This is not too hard for God and me!