So Blessed…

I am writing this with huge gratitude to my God to thank Him for all that I have in life. Often we complain and get stuck on the negative, but what we don’t see is all the positive. Lately, I have been appreciating all that God has blessed me with. I look at my two most precious miracles and just can’t help but smile and thank God for allowing me to have my Isabella and my Joshua to raise. I ask nothing but to help us raise them the way He intended for them. I want them to be His children, that will soon become adults and will make their decisions based on what we will equip them with. My only desire is for these little people to be godly human beings, that will only add the positive to this world and be the light for those that do not know Christ. Then I look at both of our families, our parents, our siblings and think- Wow! God, how did I deserve to have a family like mine? What did I do that you granted me people that love me so very much and wish only what is best for me, when there are so many unwanted children in this world. My heart cries for those children and adults that never knew what being loved feels. Often, my head starts spinning, because I want to do so much for people in need and then somehow things get put on a back burner and I do not follow through. My goal is to change that this year and we will start with birthdays. We will try to do acts of kindness for every birthday in our family, no matter how small it is, whether it’s paying for someone’s meal or going to visit someone very alone at the hospital…there are so many opportunities. I can not wait for my children to learn that we were put on this earth to do good and to be the light for those that are in the dark without any hope. Sometimes my heart stops when I think that we are surrounded by so many people that we care for and they know nothing about our precious Christ and how much He loves them. I can’t help but wonder, what they think will happen to them after death and yet I get so scared to ask. Barry and I were just talking how easy it is for us to think that we will live forever on this earth, we age every year, but yet we do not feel any older. The truth of it all is yes, we will die and I can barely contain the joy of knowing that I have my God and I will go to be with Him when my time comes…but what about those that don’t?!? Our time on this earth is so short, it’s a blink of an eye and yet we treat it like it’s forever. Dear God, help me to always be the light, help me tell those that do not know of You. Thank you for every single miracle in my life, for the little blessings that I get to wake up to every day and for the families and friends we are surrounded with, thank you for breathing right now, thank you for giving us a reason to celebrate each day, no matter what it brings, thank you for picking us up when we fall and feel like we don’t have strength to get up, thank you for giving us lavished homes, food and clothes, thank you for providing for us, thank you for health, most of all, thank you for your love and for letting Yourself be known to us! Life would be dull and absolutely worthless without You!