I've been thinking about this lately...
What are the things that could make my "good/charmed life" more Godly. (tossing this around over and over in my head)...
I try and lean into grateful everyday.
Some days that looks like an extended prayer/devotion time; others days it may be an intentional conversation with a friend I haven't talked to in a while; on a good day, it looks like me sitting and staring at a tree or rain falling or playing with Grace or writing; I lean into grateful when I'm at a stop light and someone is there with a sign asking for their need to be met; and still other days, it takes all I have to make sure I've said "thank you, Lord". What I mean by leaning into grateful is really seeing God's grace and favor in the most mundane and maybe not so exciting parts of my day, my life, my being.
As the proverbial low woman on the totem pole at the news station, I worked through the entire Christmas week. My schedule was midnight to 8 a.m. and on one day, it was even midnight to 12:30 p.m.. My producer wanted off, and I had the ability and graciousness to produce my own show and anchor it so he could have that time. There were moments between wrapping presents, cooking food, making sure the house was "company ready", being present with my husband and child, and squeezing in a couple of hours of sleep here and there, that I felt a bit overwhelmed:o)....But, even in that, I kept saying to myself..."Self...you have so much for which to be grateful...including being entrusted with the task of producing and anchoring your own show; having family for which to clean a house; having a husband who keeps checking on you and your fatigue level and who doesn't mind taking up the slack; having food to prepare"....
I kept leaning into grateful in an effort to not lose sight of the bigger picture....
In all of it...God has granted me grace and favor.
I have asked God to enlarge my territory (that's one of those old testament biblical concepts). Essentially, I'm asking him to help me continue to develop my gifts and talents (the things I'm spiritually and naturally good at and able to do in his honor) so that I might positively affect more people, be it through my presence on the news on Maryland's Eastern Shore or through my smile and kind words and deeds, or through my writing, or my child rearing, or through my Godly marriage. Whatever it looks like and however God chooses to manifest it, I want to, as my pastor has said, "keep my ears pressed to God's lips".
A new year is upon us....and there will still be some who won't make it to 2014. My momma used to always say that "every year has its number". The older I get and the more people who transition from this world, the more I understand that. But, for those of us who are here and who will be blessed to move ahead another year, let us make it a point and a habit to...lean into grateful!
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Saturday, December 28, 2013
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