Okay, I can’t lie and say I haven’t been enjoying the winter
with temps in the high 50’s/low 60’s, but it is fun to get snow every once in a
while. Also it just doesn’t feel like
winter and if there is no winter how can you move on to spring and summer.
I love the changing of the seasons for the reminder that
there are also seasons in our lives. If
it were always summer I don’t think I would appreciate it as much, I need the
winter to help me realize how much I enjoy in the summer. Life isn’t always easy, there are dark winter
nights, storms we have to go through, but the summer moments are there as well,
and like the kids sledding there are simple joys to be found even in the cold
storms. What beauty we find on a sunny
winter day as the sun sparkles off the fresh fallen snow. It’s cold and bitter yet beautiful and has a
sweet peace. I’m thankful for these
sweet moments of simple fun.
Looking at the boys all sledding together, ages 7 to 14 is
so fun to see how open and accepting they are.
I’m thankful that we could find friends for our kids and no matter where
you go in life you will find those that are needed.
Recently a friend said that to her the narrow part of the
strait and narrow path means that there is only room for a single traveler and Christ
– that God has a path just for her. This
was such an interesting concept to me and not how I had thought of the narrow,
but it’s made me think – who did God place in my path that I need to help, that
is there to help me, where has he placed me so that I can eventually become my
best self. I know in my kids life I try
to give them opportunities not just for fun but for learning and growth and the
thought that there is a path designed just for me has been interesting to
contemplate.
I’ve been playing a video game – yes my family knows – elder
scrolls on line and the whole game you travel footpaths – there are some that
connect – you meet other travelers on the road, as the paths intersect,
crisscross, some are wide and there are several people at once, others are very
narrow. Some are well lined and lit with
glowing lights, others are dark and you can barely tell a path is there. I think it is fun to look back on the path my
life has taken, occasionally I think I wonder off onto a small footpath that
takes me off the road and away from my “planned quest” but eventually I wind
back to the main road and continue onward.
I’m grateful for the people that have helped me along my path of
life. I’m fiercely loyal and I feel like
we should be best friends forever, but the reality is that people come and go
into and out of your life constantly and we are blessed to have each small
moment with them.
So… thanks to all of you that have come across my path that
have been a part of my journey here on earth.
