Today has been a good day. Nothing out of the ordinary, just life. However, we ended the day with a book from the boys shelf called "I am a rainbow". I thought it would be just about the colors, boy was I wrong. It actually spoke to my heart. Got the ole brain and heart working together.... Thinking..... Pondering. It's a book about feelings. Who would have thought, right. I've never thought about being a rainbow before. Rainbows are just rainbows! I was wrong. The book talks about sometimes we are pink and sweet as cotton candy. Sometimes we are red when we are angry. We are blue when we get left out. And green when we are jealous. I've never thought of it that way but its true. We all have these colors or moods and we are a rainbow. We have different feelings all the time. We may wake up blue but be pink as cotton candy by bedtime. We just have to remember that people we encounter are also one of those rainbow colors. All it takes is a smile sometimes to make the bluest person feel cozy rosy. We can't control our moods but we can control how we deal with it. The book goes on to say, "so be a rainbow , shine above and filter your glow through love". I relate this to my everyday walk with God. Do I let His light shine through me like a should? Am I shining my light at the grocery store when it takes too long to check out? We all know how frustrating Walmart is. Am I shining my light when my children are giggling, playing, then fighting while I'm trying to talk on the phone? Probably not! That's what I need to work on. To be better, to listen to the Holy Spirit, so my light can shine. Will I mess up? You betcha! But He will always be right by my side. My favorite saying is, " I am perfectly imperfect! ". I'm ok with that cause " perfect" is a high standard to hold up. I only know one man that has ever been perfect. That's my Lord Jesus Christ. I thank him for seeing through my imperfect self and giving me a light to shine. So tonight as I thank Him for my salvation and so many other blessings that I don't deserve, I ask that He help me to be a rainbow that gives the glow of love.
So I have once again been inspired to write. I looked at my one and only last blog and it was 2 years ago! Seriously! Wow! Okay, so I have to try to do better. I can't believe how fast the years go by. I look at my wonderful boys and see that they are blooming into wonderful young men. Ethan started a new chapter in his life, he is in the junior high wing at his school. Wow! What happened to my 5 lbs 3 oz little bundle? So far I think he loves it. Which is great! He wanted to play football but due to mine and Jason's job, well we weren't able to take Ethan back and forth to practice. So we told him that since he isn't able to make it to the practices that maybe he should sit this year out. He was actually okay with this decision. I think scrimmaging with the other school helped this decision. Those fellas were ALOT bigger than Ethan. So its at least one more year of relief for my heart. Simon is in the 3rd grade now so he's on another wing at the...
Wow! I am impressed by your blog spot. I would like to foloow you. Hugs,
ReplyDeleteThank you Mrs. Kathy! Hopefully His words shine through my ramblings and inspire others. ;)
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