Let Life Be Glorious!

Life can be such a glorious thing . . . if we let it be.

Sometimes it is so easy to focus on the negative things in our lives that we start to forget the GREAT things.

Like sunshine, for example.

We have been blessed these last few days with some glorious weather.  I have been out there soaking up Vitamin D in abundance!

I love the sun.  We are great friends.  I love the heat that it produces, I love way it makes everything looks brighter and I love being able to be outside and enjoy it.

Our lives deserve to be as bright as the sun.  We deserve to shine forth and be a light and warmth to those around us and to ourselves.

One thing I find, sometimes, is that I allow negative things or discouraging things to really bring me down.  I allow myself to be a really "Debbie Downer."

I don't like it.

I had that feeling last night and it was hard to bring myself out of that "funk."  Usually I can bring myself around with the love of my family and the excitement that they bring to my life.

However, last night was filled with grumpy kiddos which in turn made for an even more grumpy Mommy.

Not fun . . . For anyone!

Good friends are another thing that I often find myself taking for granted.

I LOVE my friends.  I love the joy that they bring to my life and I love how each one of them is special to me in a very unique and different kind of way.  I love that I can reach out to my friends and call on them when needed and in turn, they do the same to me.

Last night I had the opportunity to celebrate a dear friend's birthday and being in the company of these fabulous women was what I need to turn a discouraging afternoon into a bright and wonderful evening.

Yet I have something even more glorious than the warmth of the sun and the fellowship of friends.  I have a Heavenly Gracious Father who is there for me with each passing second of each and ever single day.  That, dear friends, is something that I know I take for granted EVERY DAY.

Too often I find myself forgetting all the blessings that God has so graciously given me.  I forget the gifts that He has presented to me and the warmth of His open arms as He draws me closer to Him.

I long to not take these things for granted.  I long to come to Him and thank him abundantly for all that he has given not only to me but to my family.

Health, happiness, comfort, full bellies and shelter.

So as I sit today and bask in the glorious sunshine provided to us by our Creator I will remind myself to be thankful for all that has been given to me.  For I know that I could never give to Him anything as big as what He has given me.

Life.