I'm going to warn you in advance that this is going to be a long entry. It took a while today to figure out any blessing, much less one to write about (although upon reflection and a lot of humbling I found out there were many blessings). Today was what you would call a bad day. The morning seemed to start off okay then it fell a part. No one was in a good mood including electronics and myself, appointments were canceling, people I have been desperately waiting on are behind themselves and not returning my calls or postponing on me which put me behind so I couldn't announce a big WOW which would have been a fabulous feather in my hat today. Then the monthly event I had spent hours upon hours on including weekend time was a major flop. I didn't get to the eye doctor office in time to pick up my contacts (dailys? Try weeklys). Ever pulled the clothes out of the dryer to fill it but didn't pull the ones out of the wash to put in the dryer? Well I did, and put the new dark clothes to wash on top of the previously washed towels still in the wash machine...and poured the soap. Got lucky on that one though and caught it before it got too much further.
But there were 2 things that made me step back and say woah...you're day is a blessing, just like all the others and you need to realize it. One, I saw this post from a very strong woman and had a d'oh! moment.
Second, I got a text from my mom that a friend of her's, very young, suddenly dropped dead while working. It was very unexpected and very fast. God called His child home. It occurred to me then that my day was not so bad. There is a family out there that would love to have the day I had, instead they are making phone calls and planning a funeral.
So, my "bad" day is a blessing. Maybe things didn't go as planned, but I can come home to my family, talk to my friends, have coffee with my co-workers tomorrow, and appreciate that while each day might not be perfect it is a gift from God and should not be taken for granted.
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