A Grateful Heart
The alarm clock is buzzing in your ear and as you roll over to stir yourself for another day of packed schedules, emails and traffic, you realize that it takes just a little bit longer to get out of bed, just a little bit more strength to lift your aging body and tired soul. The fast pace of life feels like a wave that just keeps hitting you every single day.
I felt this way all week. I was so exhausted from dealing with a terrible ear infection and other life challenges that I didn't even have the energy or desire to write a blog post or talk about the "surface things" that make this blog so fun. Though I truly enjoy writing about fashion, food, travel and all the delicious, beautiful things that make life much more enjoyable, I asked myself this week: Does it really matter?
If you've lived long enough, you will come to those days where you feel like your heart is racing a thousand miles a second, you can't catch your breath and you wonder if all this madness is really important, if it really is worth enduring.
As the Thanksgiving week is approaching, I want to ask you to stop for a minute and ponder with me the things that truly do matter---relationships. Our bodies will endure sickness, injury, illness and eventually death. We will buy news clothes and give them away to the Goodwill. We will boast about our new car and call a tow truck to eventually come pick it up. We will gleam with pride at our beautiful reflection in the mirror and then one day scowl at the many white hairs and wrinkles laughing back at us. Nothing stays the same and nothing is permanent, except our souls.
So, I pray that during this Thanksgiving as we're racing to catch a flight, drive long distances, cook big meals and watch over-commercialized football games, we will remember what's most important---to love God and love people. And I also pray that we will not mourn our aging bodies and frailties, but remember that they are reminders of our greater need for a perfect God. Our frailties and pitfalls might just be the mortal reminder that someone else needs to see so they know they're not alone in their struggles either.
Let's be grateful for the victories and the struggles this Thanksgiving, and cherish every moment we have with the other imperfect people God has placed in our lives.
Happy Thanksgiving my dear friends.
