What are You Grateful For?

My Sunshine...finding joy of his own. :)

I had already wiped Logan's nose for what seemed like the hundredth time this morning and now he was hollering again from the bathtub upstairs, "Mama, I need a nose!". (That's his way of saying, "I need my nose wiped".) I sighed loudly and could feel frustration rising within me. "Why do I have to wipe his nose so often? As if I have nothing better to do!" I fumed. After all, he was interrupting my food preparation for our dinner guests tonight and that HAD to be far more important than wiping my 2 1/2 yr. old's nose!

But then I sensed God gently remind me, "Lydia, be thankful that you have a little boy's nose to wipe." Another sigh. I knew God was right. My life would be so empty without my bright eyed, talkative little son! And after the loss we experience last fall, I often wonder what I would ever do without him.

Ungratefulness. It seems like it creeps up on me so often! I am constantly fighting that nasty enemy that robs my spirit of joy. But I want to fight back. I want to keep working at developing a genuine spirit of thankfulness. And so I am grateful this morning for my son, even if he does have a runny nose that needs wiped every 5 minutes. And I'm thankful that I have a God who cares enough about me to remind me of my blessings.

So what about you. What are you grateful for today? I'd love if you shared it with me!