Brighten My Day

Today I was having a rough morning; I'm not sure what my problem was exactly, but I was just not feeling myself. I saw the hand of the Lord in my life this morning as I was blessed to raise my spirits. Several things happened that I feel were blessings: I received a phone call from a client to ask about some architecture work, I checked my sister in law's blog and saw a sweet video from my niece, I got the girls playing and having fun together, I was able to focus during their naptime and work on my chair project, I got excited about our plans for the evening, and on and on. These little things really made a big difference in my day and I know the Lord found a way to brighten my day when the adversary was trying to keep me down.

A Family Together

Today we got to spend some time with my brother and his wife who are here visiting and tonight we were able to coordinate a family picture and evening together with all of us. It really is a such a blessing to spend time all together as a family. We've been quite fortunate as to be mostly close together these last couple years, but now it seems we're at a crossroads- Melissa is going on a mission soon, Veronica and John are getting married soon, Tabitha is going off to college soon, etc etc. And so, since we're not sure when we'll all be together again in the next year and a half it was an extra special blessing to be together tonight.

A Fresh Start

I have been neglecting this blog. This is not to say that the Lord nor his blessings have been neglecting me; they have not. I have been very blessed these last few weeks, I have also been very distracted. I hope it's not a sign my life going through the infamous 'Pride Cycle." Summer is so wonderful because I am so busy and having so much fun, but at the root of all that fun are my daily blessings that I receive from the Lord- simple things like sunshine, fresh fruit, a cool breeze, family visits, safe trips, sweet prayers answered and on and on. Instead of backtracking to fill in the blanks I am going to begin anew today and move forward. I am so blessed and I feel blessed today for the power to do, to act, and to focus. Many a day I've been meaning to record my daily blessings, but time and time again I keep being distracted. I know who is at the bottom of tall these distractions and I hope to do better to refocus on my blessings and today I feel blessed that I have.