It’s the Simple Things

I must admit I haven’t written a devotional in quite some time, it really is one of the most overwhelming things for me to do. I feel as if I am still learning myself, so it is hard for me to share those things with an audience.

However one thing that has been weighing on my heart lately is this:

What makes me happy? What brings me real joy?

I really have been doing my best to observe the things that I do that gives me life. I feel like if God still has me here on this earth then I shouldn’t waste these precious moments on things that bring me down.

So after much observation and many long days and nights of prayer I have found I find the most joy when I bring joy to others. You see when I try and focus on what “I” want, or how “I” feel, then I usually get depressed.

But those moments when I think about what will make God happy, or how I can serve my husband, or what I can do today to help give my children a wonderful childhood memory, it really helps to empower me and it makes me feel important and that my life has a real purpose.

We are here for a reason, and I believe that reason can simply be to put a smile on someone else’s face.

I think one of the defining moments in all of this, for me, was that I am responsible for my children’s memories. You know I think back to when I was a little girl and there are good memories and there are not so good ones, but those memories make up what we all like to call LIFE.

I feel so blessed to be such a big part of the life story God is writing for my children.

You know sometimes “I” don’t want to go to the Zoo because it’s boring or I am too tired, but when I think those things then I am really just focusing on ME and what I want or don’t want.

So next time your little one asks you to go to the park and you start to think about ALL the chores you have, or the laundry that needs to be done, I would like to encourage you to STOP and THINK:

What could this moment mean for your child in the present, and in the future?

What you choose to spend your time on, and the things you do with your child, is going to someday become your child’s past, and they will remember it forever. I want my kids to know life was about God and enjoying the simplest of things.

The moment that brought me the most joy today was when I was sitting on the floor with my three kids looking out the back window watching a bunny hop across the neighbors yard. They were so fascinated, and I was just so at peace to be next to them enjoying God’s creation!

I would like to challenge all of my readers to really think, pray, and observe to find the moments that brings them the most joy, and then I would encourage you all to make your life FULL of those moments because life is too short not to.

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