I Am So Blessed

It's been a rough few months. Well, actually, it's been a rough few years. Not to dwell too much on the details, I'll just hit the highlights. It started when my sister had to have shoulder surgery and they found out she had lung disease. Shortly after, my mom moved away and I went through some sad times. My sister's husband was diagnosed with brain cancer and we watched as his life faded away. We lost both my mother in law and father in law within six months. My grandson, who is autistic, had to be sent to a home because of his violent aggression, one of our darling, sweet nieces died of cancer, we had to put my mother in a nursing home and now my sister is in the hospital with heart failure.

Sometimes I wonder how people make it through hard times and then I look around and I'm one of those people.

I was thinking about my sister this morning and was feeling a little down, so I decided to get out the pictures of my grand kids. That's it! That's what I do. I have to take a break from all the sadness and look at how I've been blessed. It's not some rocket science answer, it's just a simple solution...there truly is always some kind of "good" in our lives. Even if it's just looking out and seeing sunshine, its something.

I mean, really, how can we stay defeated when we look into the little, chubby faces of grand babies, and how can we not be lifted when we see our own smiles reflected in our grand kids faces?

If we can't see God's blessings and God's grace in these faces, then, undoubtedly, we're blind.  "And of his fullness have all we received, and grace for grace." John 1:16

They will always bring a smile, no matter what circumstances I face, and I will always feel blessed to be a part of their lives. 

"Behold, chldren are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is his reward. Psalms 127:3