God's point of view

Hi there--

I know it is the same day as the previous entry but this occurred to me on the way home after a very long and fast paced day at work.

A major mum lesson-- God always, always gives you things in your life that remind you how wonderful HE is. It is our job to see them or not, to allow our eyes to rest on His goodness or not.

You are the example of the decade. Every single time I look at you, and I mean every single time- my heart relaxes and I feel love and loved by God for bringing you into existence. After a tough day at work, both your dad and I know that seeing your eyes and your smile and hearing your giggle will make all of it a million miles away.

Right now your dad is having a very difficult time at work. He is struggling to find happiness in a system that is unjust and in a place where business and not right or wrong or fair are involved. I am watching him as he struggles with this situation and I feel helpless to make it better. There's a mum lesson and a person lesson there too. I can't make it better because neither can your dad. Only God can heal the situation. That's His job. Our job is to find the locations in our view that God wants us to see-- and focus there. He wants us to learn that He is in charge, that all of our troubles are so small compared to what He can deal with and that all He wants from us is a little trust. A mustard's seed's worth to be exact.

I am going to say this again in case the moment you read this you are drinking a coffee or rolling your eyes at your mom. ( hard to picture since you now gaze at me with adoration).

God is in charge of your toughest times. He is in charge of your easiest times. You need to learn as a man and as a person, how to look around you-- find His face, and look upon it. His face could be the face of your child ( yikes- again hard to picture), it could be a sunset, it could be a simple gesture done by someone for someone else that you witness. It is so many things. God's hand outweighs the crap that the world has created. It always will- because this place is His. There will be moments when you forget this- but you have to get it back together yourself. You have to focus your own eyes. God is sometimes waiting on you to focus your eyes. But He doesn't have less to show you.

Look at what He's doing. If you can't see it, you might be looking in the wrong direction or with the wrong attitude.

He loves you. You are His. That is a tough mum lesson but one that we prayed for you the day you were born.