I've been meditating on joy a lot recently. I quote I read goes something like this - "Thanksgiving is the attitude of the heart. Joy is the abundance it creates." I want to live in the joyful abundance of thanksgiving. This morning as I was cleaning and hanging up laundry in the cold wintry air, I got to pondering how thankful I am for these things! Why? Because of what they mean to me.
Laundry means family - loved ones who are healthy and can work and play. They are a gift to me from the Lord.
The dirt and hand prints that my little ones make are evidence of this also. And so are the muddy tracks from my husband's work boots. It means that God graciously gave him his job back, and we didn't need to come back and look and search for work in this low economy! It means I have a wonderful husband and provider! "Where no oxen are the crib is clean, but much increase is by the strength of the ox." (I'm not saying he's an ox, only that it may be less work to be alone, but I'd much rather the work and my lovely family)
Lovely post! Perspective does make all the difference in the world! Hugs, LeAnn
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