Today was wonderful.
Why?
It was another me day:)
Yet, I wasn't particularly wanting to have a day to myself. There's a few different people that I love getting together with for coffee, and others that are just great to see. But those girlies were all busy! They were either out of the country, or away doing something else for the weekend. Jason was golfing with his Dad today and I'm so glad he was able to get out to do that. He got some new clubs for his graduation, so this was the first time he was able to go and test them out! Love it.
So what did I do?
Well at first I just lay in bed...moping....
For the last 5 weeks I've noticed my left arm is constantly sore and I wake up in the morning to it throbbing. Definately not fun. I'm still waiting it out before I go to the doc because I first thought it was sore from my weekly work outs. Yet, it's not gone yet! So we're beginning to think I might have damaged it in some way from working out. Who knows! So, when I lay in one spot, I don't notice the pain.
After about five minutes of that, I decided I was being so lame and it was time to get on that to do list that I LOVE! Not even kidding. I write them just to look forward to the various tasks I GET to work on. Having my own home is such an exciting this:) I know some of you may be thinking, "Girl, you are crazy! Just wait till....you have kids....or you're busy taking kids from here to there...or you have this and this and this.
Well, I've decided I'm not going to be one of those. I decided I didn't want to be one to nag on my husband around other people, even though it's so easy to do when you are with your girls. Trust me, there's many times where I catch myself complaining about some petty thing and then I'm reminded of the fact that it would hurt to hear Jason speak that way about me. Marriage is such a beautiful thing. It has it's challenges. Believe me, we've gone through such difficult challenges this year, so I'm not speaking totally out of the newlywed voice. Just trust me. Marriage IS beautiful. Here, God has given me the most amazing husband. He's give YOU the most amazing husband. Of course they aren't perfect. Neither are we. Remember my post a while ago about being a quarrelsome wife? That's just the start of my imperfections.
I'm going on a rant.
I'll continue:)
I just think, no matter where we are, we need to be THANKFUL. We need to have HOPE. Yes, life is crazy. exhausting. heartbreaking. tiring. busy. congested.
But it's also BEAUTIFUL. PEACEFUL. FULL OF LAUGHTER. SMILES. BEAUTY IN CREATION. LOVE. And the list could continue, but you catch my drift.
Guys, this morning all I wanted to do was mope because of the ache in my arm that's constant....and at night it gets worse. For those of you that don't know me, I really enjoy being active and exercising. I love it! So this is difficult for me.
But I chose to be thankful. I chose hope.
Maybe in a way that's not that big to you. But look at your life. Is there something bogging you down? Is there someone that has hurt you or mistreated you? Pray about it. Write about it. Give it to God. And get up and choose hope. Change the way you think about life. your home. your husband. your children. your job.
Honestly, I don't think I can say it enough, and I sure wish I had a verse to go in here just to make it that clear. God seems to do that to me:) But really, I want to challenge you. I want to challenge myself. BE THANKFUL. HAVE HOPE. It's funny that I have chosen to write about this today. Really I just want you to know that life is beautiful. There is so much pain and difficulty yes. But God is HERE! God is going to help my arm heal, it'll get better....so oh well....that's why I chose to get up and get my booty going!
So....I organized a closet, and a cluttered cupboard above our desk. I got all my scrapbooking stuff together and condensed the many boxes. Edit my Ruth biographical paper. Tidied the house....which is a daily task that I will not ever understand. How do we mess things up so quickly?!! (Yes, this is one of those times where you can say...just wait until you have children:) I have this sign with the word faith on it that I've wanted black for the last three years. So today, I painted it black. And I love it! It's drying as we speak.
Choose to see the positive. Choose to have hope that things will turn around. CHOOSE to have a good attitude!
Blessings guys...gotta finish my painting!
P.S. Mary- I had to laugh....once again....this week I needed another attitude adjustment. Thank you:)
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