A Christian Woman Thinks (And It's Dangerous)

Easy Street

Don't you wish things were easier? That growing up weren't so painful? That buying only one thing at W**-Mart was possible? That you could find comfortable shoes the first time you shopped for them?

Today was a hard day. There was nothing easy about it. It was hard from sunup to sundown. And here I sit, late into the night, afraid to go to bed for fear another day like today will come!

So to ease my mind, I thought I'd write down things I am thankful for right now. Then I will try to sleep with my mind on them -

I'm thankful my two girls are healthy, sleeping soundly in the next room.

I'm thankful for the evening breezes blowing in my windows - it's going to dip into the 50s tonight, great sleeping temps.

I'm thankful for my hubby, who could have been angry with me for things that happened today. Instead, he was supportive. He even let me hog the computer tonight.

I'm thankful my family is close by. Today I saw my little brother, my mother, my mother-in-law and father-in-law.

I'm thankful for a great church nearby where I can be actively involved in ministries I enjoy, and where my kids have plenty they can be involved in, and where I can hang out with other families like mine struggling to "make it" and bring up Godly kids.

I'm thankful for a pastor who can make sense out of things that might not make sense to me, and who can explain them so I can learn and grow, year after year after year.

I'm thankful for a handful of good friends. That's all you need, really.

I'm thankful for online friends who listen to you miles away and still talk to you after you pour your heart out!

I leave you with these parting thoughts, penned by the Christian music group the Newsboys:

"When the toast is burning and the milk is turning, Captain Crunch is waving farewell... when the big one finds you may this song remind you that they don't serve breakfast in hell."

Good night.

Hope today was better...

{ 03:00, Thursday, August 10, 2006 } { Posted by Darcy }

So did you sleep okay? When It's been a hard day I try to remember that "His mercies are new every morning" . I've been thinking about you and praying that good things come your way today. Not sure I really get that breakfast in Hell song line but then again, Sam is always having to interpret musical lyrics for me. Seems to be a "language" I just don't get!
Watching for an update....
Darcy