I do! I do! In fact, I have a few of them:
The Blizzard of February 1st blessed me with the presence of my husband for three whole days. We hunkered down and enjoyed one another's company. We've sipped hot coffee, dined on egg-sandwiches, gorged on chicken stew, nibbled on cinnamon-raisin toast, and simply reveled in a time of rest and quiet. For breakfast yesterday, Hubby made French Toast for me. Such a sweetheart God has blessed me with! He's got the "gift of service" and a heart of love. Today he braves the 20-degrees and goes to the streets once again as a courier. May God keep him safe.
My son-in-law came over yesterday and shoveled off our driveway and front porch. Now we can easily open the front door and get the newspaper. He even salted the sidewalk and porch. It was 12 degrees yesterday. Brrr-rrr. That is a concerned and caring son-in-law, don't you think? May God pour out multiple blessings upon him for his unwavering use of his "gift of service".
Our diligent newspaper man delivered our newspaper every single frigid day. I often hear the paper hit our front storm-door at 3 a.m. when he stops his four-wheeler at the street and tosses it onto the porch. It's always within a foot of the open door. He is a diligent, conscientious man. We are blessed to have such service. A big tip is going his way this month. May God bless this man's life with goodness and comfort.
My sister-in-law from Florida emailed me and told me she is sending us several pounds of Acini de Pepe. What's that? It's a teensey round pasta we've used for nearly 46 years of marriage to make homemade chicken soup. When I lived in East Hartford, Connecticut, we use to go down to the Italian Store on Main Street and scoop out as much as we wanted from the open barrels of pasta. Mmmmn, mmmn, good! That was pasta! But I am so blessed to have a sister-in-law who cares enough to take the time to purchase the pasta we cannot find here in Lawton, Oklahoma City, and Wichita Falls, Texas, then wrap it up and mail it to us. (Yeah, we've asked the grocers to order it...not helpful. Hard to believe we can't get it here when Italian Wedding soup is so popular.) Nevertheless, I can hardly wait to make the soup and hear my granddaughters' glee when they get the soup with "little balls" in it. May the Lord multiply blessings to Valerie for this act of kindness to us.
I also have a praise for all you readers. I've had record site-views the last few months. Am grateful that even though you may not comment, that you find my thoughts worth reading. Many of you have searched my archives when my writing was inconsistent due to my accident. I realize that lately I've done a bit of whining and complaining about the insurance thing. But I assure you that I'm only venting the idiocy of it all. It just makes so little sense to me that God gives us brains and we "strain at gnats and swallow camels" when it comes to treating one another with fairness and caring. I realize that the people I am dealing with at the insurance company are just following the rules and instructions of their company's bidding. They are just people....working and trying to put beans on their own tables each week. I tell them I know it is not their fault when I debate the "issue" and claims with them. God loves them and asks us to "walk humbly and treat others kindly" even when things are difficult. We are not exempt from doing right when "right" eludes us. I can't imagine having their jobs. May God bless them with goodness and wisdom to make the right decisions under pressure.
Little things--blessings and praises--have a way of multiplying and growing taller than the mountains of difficulty we may have in life. It makes sense to "count it all joy when we encounter trials." These trials and difficulties are God's sandpaper to strengthen our faith, develop our patience, and deepen our trust in His all-sufficient grace and watchcare. The mountains of difficulty are made into molehills when we count our blessings and look at the little things of life for which we can offer praise to our Father, the Most High God.
So.....Anyone have a praise? selahV
