All For Him Life

I am so very blessed – by the people around me, by those who are in different countries as well.  I have been given SO much.  How could I ever, even with all of the things that are difficult in my life, miss that fact?  And yet I do miss it, far too often.  I have a feeling you’ve been in this position too.  We get so caught up in the little things – the professor who can’t seem to finish class on time (EVER), the amount of things piling up that we have to do, the conversations with people that “get in the way” of what we need to be doing right now, the doctors appointments we must keep, the things we must remember to do, places we have to call, the sheer overwhelming amount of data on our computer that needs to be analyzed, the plans we are making for the future.

And we miss it.  That moment where we glimpsed God’s grace and providence in the birth of a baby.  A glimmer of hope in the passing comment in a conversation.  A pertinent reminder in the song playing through your car speakers.  The rainbow in the sky.  The uniqueness of the snow falling from the sky.  The miracle of life.

I don’t want to miss these things.  I don’t want to be so caught up in my own little world that I forget to help people who are less fortunate than myself.  I don’t want to miss the sun shining down every morning, the moon taking its place in the evening.  I don’t want to be so self-centered that I can’t see when others are hurting.

Maybe it’s time to take out the headphones and start conversations, to step out of our own little worlds and make a bigger difference.  Maybe it’s time to lend a helping hand to a friend in need, when all I really want to be doing is eating dinner.  Maybe it’s time to give more to others and expect less in return.