The Simple Things

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Simplicity

Ever think of the simple things that are in your life that make your life what it is? Think of the good and the bad. Think what your outcome was of it, nothing is really as bad as it seems while you're in the midst of the storm, right? I've been so blessed with every terrible thing that has happened in this life to my family, friends, and most of all I. I see that everything around me has only made me become the person I  am standing today, yes standing firmly. The simple things, I've learned, have been what are keeping me going. I believe God puts the little things in your life to show you His glory. To us they may seem simple, to God they may be a part of a HUGE storyboard. 
I was walking to work today and in a little bit of a hurry because I was behind schedule a bit. There was a man cutting a patch of grass. As I was approaching him he kept looking up at me and I won't lie, I'm a straight up awkward person. So when I see someone like being as awkward as I am, I get more awkward. So like weirdly stopped and then st-udder stepped over my flip flop. He stopped his lawn mower and smiled at me. I thought to myself, I'm really happy he smiled. And as I continued walking I though further of how that simple smile of a man that I don't even know took a common courtesy and inspired my day. It was that simple. 

I struggle daily with a lot of things, I'll be the first to admit to you that I AM NOT PERFECT. I am the most imperfect person but in that imperfection God has made my life whole and meaningful. I was beginning to get irritated today but I thought to myself, there are so many more things that I should rejoice in other than the ones I do now. For example, I get SUPER excited when I find, receive, or see these things (in no specific order) - Coffee, My sister, Hot Sauce, tweets, Facebook, smoothies, butterflies, Children's laughter, smiles, sunsets and sunrises, paychecks, holy spirit being present, ninja turtles, backpacks, music, road-trips, food... ok so you get it? The list could go on and on. 

But what I came to the conclusion of today is that there is EVEN more things that I need to acknowledge as beautiful and I should rejoice in them. I should be rejoicing when there seems to be trial after trial because in the midst of that trial there shall be triumph. We should all rejoice when we hear a baby crying, because that baby is a beautiful new innocent little life. We should all rejoice when we are at our lowest because we have the ability to feel and make choices. I know that I need to learn how to rejoice when my car breaks down. Because when my car breaks down, I have the capability to get it fixed by the best man in my earthly life, my dad.

I need to REJOICE when there are dirty dishes, I need to be thankful for those dirty dishes. Dirty dishes are a sign that I am being blessed because I have food to put on those dishes to nourish my body. 



How often we take that for granted. I know it's something that I need to work on. I like to think about how simple it is that Jesus has made it for us. If we simply have the mind that we need to rejoice in His name for everything. It's not something that is easy for us down here, but it's just like looking back to our lives as children. Remember how upsetting it was when your favorite color crayon broke? IT WAS ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING! Or if someone took the toy you were playing with. I am not saying that your problems are not serious problems, I understand that. What I am saying is find a way to sing praises even in the midst of chaos, it will only fulfill you in a deeper way. Because nothing on this earth will last forever, but one thing will last forever and that is our life with Jesus Christ, and NOTHING can compare to what that will be.

Bring me back from gray exile, put a fresh wind in my sails. Psalm 51:12

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