Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Eating dirt and loving a shovel

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

There has been more than one (or two or 847) time on this journey that it has been difficult to carry out our calling to be joyful in all things.  When you feel helpless, it's hard to remember that you'll look back on those times of trouble and thank God for helping you when you needed it most.  When the beehives and the snakes and the no electricity and the frog day-spa are surrounding you, the most a person can muster sometimes is a feeble "Lord, make this go away..."

But today....today is not one of those days.  No friends, today is a day when joy is positively abundant.  Prayer is simple!  Thanks rolls easily off our tongues!
Thank you Lord for the sun and the birds doing their springtime waltz!
For a gentle breeze.
For silly dogs and crazy kids.  
 For a willing husband and kind friends. 
Thank you for this very moment...and this one...and this one too!
And little baby Cecilia thanks you for her first ever day of walking outside
and eating dirt
and learning to love a shovel.

8 comments :

  1. awesome...

    BTW, did you see yourself listed as a favorite website on Catholicmom.com on Catholic Media Day Tuesday?

    Blessings

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  2. Allison, yes I did! Thank you so very much! It's wonderful to know that people who I admire enjoy reading about our little adventure :)

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  3. Admire moi? Puleeze...By the way, what is yur email address? I want to see if you can do a guest blog for us. Also, we might have some friends in common with the UDallas connection. (I didn't go there; some younger friends did)

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  4. Oh my goodness...I literally JUST emailed you as you were leaving this comment. We're psychically connected! :)

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  5. I love the opening line of this:
    1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
    Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
    Being thankful is just a daily reminder of how blessed we are!!
    Ceci is adorable....give a big hug for me.

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  6. I will! The kids are missing you these days. Lizzy just asked me tonight: "How far is Aunt Alicia's house?". So sweet :)

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  7. Oh, yea!! Eating dirt. I think that always means spring is on its way.

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  8. BEAUTIFUL!! Thanks for putting a smile on my face...again!

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