What a week! We have been slammed by a cold/flu bug landing everyone but the mama with trips to the doctor and antibiotics. By the end of the week I was wiped out and frustrated at the ongoing struggle with the family's health. I was poised at the keyboard to deliver a nice, long-winded vent that would be sure to illicit sympathy from my two readers. =) Then my little Ruby leaned over the table and said, "Hall-loo-lah" ("Hallelujah" for those who don't speak Rubeese) in a sing-song voice. That got the kids and I singing, "Hallelujah (Your Love is Amazing)", one of our favorites on a kids' worship CD that we always play in the car. What a change that was in my heart and perspective! A verse in James came to mind that a friend and I had studied, "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you face trials of many kinds." We had struggled with it a bit.....I mean PURE joy when you are dealing with neverending coughing and middle of the night wakings, pain and green boogers, PURE joy, really?!?! But as we dug into the verse, and other "joy" verses, it became clear to us both that the joy isn't in the trial, but in our ever-present loving God that is with us through it all. This cold bout isn't the most difficult trial we have faced, or will face in the future. But it is an opportunity to have joy in our Lord and Savior Jesus, to focus on Him and to give Him praise. And that is the lesson I learned from this wonderful little 2 year old blessing.
In the words of Coach Grant Taylor from the movie "Facing the Giants" (changed to fit our circumstance):
If we are healthy, we praise Him,
And if we are sick, with icky green boogers, we praise Him.
Either way, we honor Him with our actions and our attitudes.
Amen!
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