I was running with a friend last week, telling her how blessed I had been lately. Then yesterday was testimony meeting and I got to thinking more about all the tender mercies shown to me over the last few weeks.
I have tried to be careful about not sharing too much emotionally personal things because of the fear of letting people in, or boring people with my random thought but as I thought about how I've been blessed I started thinking how selfish it is to not share so that others can grow from my/your experiences. My friend Karen usually shares these experiences and I appreciate the rawness of her stories, and how much we share without even knowing.
Anyhow, one of the things I've been thinking about is a couple weeks ago I went to have my tires rotated and the guy said he wouldn't because they were too low on tread and it would be safer for me to keep them the way they were until we got new tires, which needed to be in the very near future. Then, last Tuesday after driving home from a very busy day with the kids, I drove over what looked like two huge nails. As I did this I thought, "oh, I hope those weren't nails". The next day I had a flat tire in front. We filled it up and ran a few errands just to have it go flat again. By Thursday the front AND back were flat. Time for new tires.
Usually in an instance like this, I would feel pick on and think "why me?" because who can up and afford new tires, really? This time I actually saw it as a blessing. What if my tires were so low, that the Lord knew I needed new tires before I was ready so that my family was safer by running over nails than going at 65mph on the freeway with all my kids in tow?
I'm hoping you got my point. I just am grateful to see the hand of the Lord in such simple things rather than being upset about the inevitable.
I hope to share more stories like this so I can remember that I might only be one person on this earth out of billions, but the Lord still knows me and looks out for me.
4 comments:
In many cases, it's a matter of recognizing those tender mercies. I know that they happen for me far more often than I actually realize. But it's such a great feeling when it registers in my consciousness and I get a renewed sense of how much the Lord really is involved in the details.
Glad the flats didn't happen in a scary way!!! :)
I totally know how you feel but I feel I "overshare" and friends get tired of those... but you are right, when we share we help each other.
And we all learn.
I love the opptimism! I need to look at things in that way more often. Thanks for sharing!!
It's always nice to stop and smell the roses.. Especially when life gets busy and you sometimes feel overwhelmed. Great post.
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