Perspective

Over the past couple of days, I have had the "pleasure" of encountering some very unhappy people. It seems that there are those out there that need to bring others down to lift themselves up. Well, if I need to be their stepping stone, so be it.

So today as I am checking my emails, I received a request from church to pray for a family whose 4 year old daughter had died, suddenly. She had a stomach bug and then gone. I had gone to her blog and her last post was about a house that they were going to soon be renting. She was so excited to have found this home and said it was to be their "forever home." I think of the timing and weight of that statement. She meant that it was going to be her family's forever home, yet God decided that that was not to be this little girls forever home. He was ready to bring her home forever.


Our time here is so short. I cannot even begin to imagine what this family is going through. It only reaffirms for me that the things of this world are temporary... our crisis are only temporary although they seem to go on forever... whatever troubles we seem to be experiencing are only temporary. That doesn't diminish what we are feeling at that time, for me it just puts perspective on what our family is going through. Yes, jobs are tough, kids argue, people talk ugly to me, but do I hold my identity in these things??!! (jobs, kids what others are thinking about me) I hope that YOU see that my identity is with my savior, Jesus. Am I going to be perfect?? Nope!! Am I always going to have kind word??! Nope! Am I always going to be the best christian, wife, mom, friend, daughter, room mom, teacher, etc? Nope. And I don't have to be. I strive to be... But I won't be. I need to only focus on today. Not worry about tomorrow and not let the worry consume my day. I am not guaranteed tomorrow. Do I want to live today in a grumpy mood and have that be the last someone would remember if today was my last day? That is not how I want to live the life God has given me. And I thank Him for the perspective He has given me.


I pray for this sweet family. "And lean not on your own understanding;" Proverbs 3:5