Feeling Sorry For Myself

I woke up depressed this morning. My husband headed out to help a friend move and I sat down on the couch while my three daughters went outside to enjoy the sunshine. I began to think about how lonely I was and how I was becoming tired of sitting at home all the time with just the kids for company. I allowed myself to lay on the couch for about 20 minutes, then realized that I was not going to shake my slump while laying there feeling down. So, I got up, got dressed and booted up my computer thinking I would look around for someone to talk to. I realized that I have a friend always available to talk to, to spend time with, and to love. That friend is Jesus. He wouldn't want me laying around feeling sorry for myself when He blessed me with another beautiful day on this earth with my wonderful children. While I was sitting there thinking that I needed more interaction than a seven year old and two four year olds, those very children were outside laughing at how the wind made the trees dance and how bubbles float away carelessly on the breeze. So I went out in the yard with them. They were quick to show me the house they had built in the dirt for thier make believe friends. They helped their baby dolls go down the slide and giggled when they landed in the dirt. I found myself smiling. The slump that I had woken up in began to fall off of my shoulders. Psalm 118:24 says, "This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it." The Lord has made every day that I am blessed to be upon this earth. He wants me to rejoice and be glad in every day. He has given me three beautiful examples of this rejoicing. Things that I take for granted, those precious young souls delight in. So now that they have decided to come inside and explore how much their dolls like to play a matching card game, I am turning on some praise music and enjoying another day that the Lord has loved me enough to give me.