Sorry. You get another post on how beautiful life is. Why? Because it's true, and yet so easy to forget. And because writing these things down helps me to remember also.
My friend asked me how I was doing today, and for the first time, I was actually able to articulate what God has been slowly teaching me and working in my heart.
Our attitude towards life should and can be quietly content. Not because life is not hard... because it is hard. Really hard. But in the midst of some really, really hard things going on, God has been gracious enough to send me little reminders of His grace about every 5 minutes.
In the midst of heartbreak, confusion, loneliness, unfortunate circumstances, strife and the occasional panic attack, God drops little blessings in my lap to remind me that He is there, He is powerful, and He loves me. Whether it's a friend who randomly stops to say that that they've been thinking of me, a shooting star flaming across the sky, a rainstorm to wipe away the humidity, a butterfly, mist on the grass, swing dancing, or a song on the piano, God fills this life with small, shining moments of pure love for us. These are all little things... but these small graces turn out to be big graces because they remind me, again, that God is, and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. And that knowledge changes everything.
I don't believe in coincidences... especially highly improbably ones. I think it is God's grace that, during a time in my life where I could be severely tempted to complain or worse, despair, He puts me in a play where I spend hours rehearsing and committing to memory reminders of what makes life beautiful and challenges to not overlook those things.
Life is hard. Life is confusing. Life is disorienting. Life is painful. But our good God has also made life beautiful.
Love it - how sweet of Him to give us reminders if only we may see them
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