This morning I was in a funk. I could not snap out of my own snappy attitude. J was getting frustrated. I was getting frustrated because J was leaving in minutes for the week and I wasn't being pleasant. It was just one of those days. No excuse.
I truly believe God knows about the little things. Not only does he know, he cares. Precious little things you love and have lost being found. Simple desires that seem so foolish and impossible being fulfilled. A simple sweet gesture on a rough day to make you smile. Jesus is watching out for our joyful hearts every minute.
In the midst of my frustrating morning, I was checking out at Trader Joe's with J quietly behind me and our cashier was just the chattiest man, asking us every question you could imagine. Through his questions he discovered J and I were newlyweds. He lit up and expressed his congratulations and started to tell us how blessed we are to marry young and how rare it is these days. He started to talk about his own two daughters (older than us) who have been in relationships with "the ones" for years but will not marry. He was overflowing with joy. Not just for us but in life. After he finished ringing up our groceries, he asked if I could bag and said he had to step away for moment...well he came back with the most beautiful bouquet of flowers and gave them to me. He told us he was so happy for us and that was that. I couldn't believe it. It turned my day around and now I have the most beautiful vase of flowers to remind me how blessed I am and how sweet that was.
When I was in Florida over spring break, my sisters, sister-in-law, and I went out for a fancy night. We dressed up, had yummy cocktails and it was wonderful. As we left we came up on the cutest pregnant women a little older than us and my sister immediately said "You just look so beautiful!" It made that ladies evening (or i think it did). She was so appreciative and admitted she was looking at us, thinking how much she missed dressing up while not being pregnant. It is such a simple thing to make people happy. It is just the sweetest simplest gesture to lifts someones spirits. So often I think how beautiful someone is, I think about how incredible a story is, I think about how much I would love to do something kind for people but usually the "thinking" outdoes the "doing". I am so thankful for the sweetest gesture given to me this morning. I am so thankful that God cares about the little things. And I just think these flowers are so pretty!
Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows. Luke 12:7
Yes to every word.
ReplyDeleteI love this. Thank you. I saw the most beautiful sweet girl the other day that was helping mark and me. After we left I told mark how beautiful I thought she was. I wish I had told her.
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