One of those days…
July 9, 2008Some days are great: hard work, good time with family, fun at church. But other days are just “so, so:” trying to get everything done, feeling rushed, not much time for the kids. And then some days are just not so hot…, like today.
About noon my wife called and said she was feeling bad (pregnancy) and wanted me to come home and spend a couple of hours with her before she headed off to work. Which I did—and we had some quality time together.
But after she headed to work things got crazy! I was walking barefoot to our swimming pool and stepped on something sharp and cut up my big toe… nothing broad, just deep, really deep. Ouch!
Then after swimming, while in the bath, my oldest son had an accident and cut his lip wide open, which my neighborly nurse said could use a stitch or two but since it was mostly inside his mouth would probably heal on its own. Super (hear the sarcasm)!
Later when he was fishing on the pond behind our house, he caught my youngest son. Oh yeah, hook in the cheek. Lots of tears and iodine later, and I’m just racing to get the kids in the bed before anything else happens.
So the wife gets prego-sick, I cut a deep hole in my toe, the oldest son gets gashed in the lip, and the youngest son gets a fishing hook in the cheek. Nice, huh?
Anyway, i’m sitting on my back deck after the boy’s bedtime thinking, “What a day!” but then I remember my good friend whose beautiful baby girl will have continual and extensive health troubles all the days of her life; and two other wonderful families in our church whose daughters are autistic; and the three babies we’ve had to bury in the past year as tragedy struck two other church families. And I’ve got to tell you, I’m counting my blessings. And I’m blessed. Really blessed.
Think about it. I just mentioned good neighbors, a home, a back deck, a pool, property along a pond, sons, a wife with a job, a job for myself, and a new baby on the way. Sounds pretty good, huh? It is! I guess it’s all about perspective and praise.
As the Christian song says, “Every blessing You pour out I’ll turn back to praise. And when the darkness closes in, Lord, still I will say: Blessed be the name of the Lord, blessed be your glorious name!” Good days, mediocre days, and bad days…, we serve a good God and a risen Savior and that makes life worth living and worth enjoying!
What say you?
WHAT THE HECK GOES ON AROUND HERE WHEN MAMA GOES TO WORK?!?!?
Should we be trusted with another baby? HAHA!
YOU, rather (I was at work!)
Remind me not to let you babysit!!
On a more serious note, sometimes it is so easy to say “woe to me” when we are having a bad day or going through a rough time, but there is always someone else going through something more difficult and someone else having a worse day than us. Life is really put into perspective when we take time to count our true blessings and to remember to praise the Lord for all that is good, and also when all isn’t so good.
A fish hook in the flippin face… thats it, after this post I am breaking my kids poles and making them sleep in helmuts…
Matt, don’t ever tell another man that you haven’t taught your sons how to dodge a swinging hook!! On a serious note, great post, I like how you tied it all together. Amen for the praise.
I suspect we have an apple polisher…
would that be a right hook or a left hook?
LOL
Stick and move… stick and move
It is funny how one day can be normal and the next day is just crazy. I sometimes God is testing us or just giving us a very fast reality check. Great post