Sylas and I took full advantage of the warm sunshiny weather today and hit up two parks in one day!
This afternoon we were busy digging in the sandbox at a local park, soaking in the sun and deep breathing the warm air....and that's when I saw an airplane passing overhead. It was at that moment that God showed me how far He has brought me and what a wonderful place I'm in right now...being a Mom, getting to spend my days with a little boy I love dearly, digging in the sand, and talking about silly things. I was humbled to see how great God's plan was that brought me to this very moment, this very day.
Back when I was a career girl, I used to spend my life on these stuffy airplanes, the part of my job that I disliked the most. Oh man...how I can still remember the distinct smells of a Delta airplane, or American Airlines. They do, in fact, have distinctly different smells, albeit both stomach churning to me. Yep, only a plane conisier would know that :0) Oh, the miles and hours and days I've lost in airplane travel...this post could go on forever, but I'll spare that. Anyway, I used to gaze out of my stuffy airplane window and wonder what my future may hold. Always felt a little in transit, knowing that it would be hard to have a family and keep a job like I had, away from home 5 nights a week sometimes. I remember calling from my lonely hotel rooms and talking to my big sis who had a family of her own with two kids and hearing all the fun going on in the background....yearning to have that same thing someday, but wondering how it could ever be with both Seth and I traveling and so enthralled with our careers. And HERE I AM! I have this little family of my own and TODAY I sit outside, a place I love the most, in a sandbox with my son...and am so thankful I'm not in that airplane overhead. The best part is, God knew the plan and knew I'd be here today so that he could show me his love, his grace, his awesomeness..and how far he has brought me. It's so good to trust in Him and let Him lead. His ways are definitely higher than our ways. He has proven that to me time and again. When I cannot see what the future will hold, or cannot understand it, or make sense of it, I'm learning to Trust and to Be Thankful.
2 comments:
Love this post so much!
I am so thankful that you can be a full-time Mom. It is the best paying job in the world. Train up a child in the way they should go and when they are old they will not depart. Proverbs 31:28 It is a Mother's payday to see her children grow up and continue to serve the Lord AND raise her children/grandchildren in the ways of the Lord. Children are a gift from God and the ONLY thing we take with us into eternity. All other "stuff" remains. Thank you God that I am one of those blessed Mothers/Grandmother to have all my family now and forever.
Just think, He is not through planning for each of lives. Each moment, day, year is new and exciting!!!!!!!
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