Yeah, the van is fixed. I cried the day we bought that van. ME driving a mini van. AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!! The thought of it made me sick to my stomach. I not really a mini van kind of girl. I love "old" cars. I want a 1970 VW convertible or a 1968 convertible Mustang with pony interior. Now if we fast forward to the present I would like to drive a Jaguar. How is that for dreaming? But for today I am in the minivan.
Until it had to go in the shop to be fixed I didn't realize how much I actually like it. Trying to get all the kids in Fred's jeep was a real pain in the...well you get the idea. The kids missed the television in the van and room to keep all their junk. I missed having the kids far enough toward the back of the van that I could actually hear the radio. So needless to say we are grateful for its return.
Isn't that typical of most things? We don't realize just how much they mean to us until they are gone. It true of things and people. We take the things in our life for granted so often. So today I want to take time to be thankful of ALL the things in my life no matter how insignificant they may seem. I even want to be thankful those things that aren't "exactly" what I think I want. That Mustang sure sounds nice. However, how safe would I actually be in it? After all those who know me, know that if I had it I would drive way to fast. You also know that the price for speeding is way more than I can afford.
So today I am grateful for my van. Its slow and steady. Reliable and consistent. Safe and secure. Just what I need in my life. But wouldn't we all just like to take at least one ride in the Mustang?
Today's Scripture
And the harvest of righteousness (of conformity to God's will in thought and deed) is sown in peace by those who work for and make peace [in themselves and in others, that peace which means concord, agreement, and harmony between individuals, with undisturbedness, in a peaceful mind free from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts]. James 3: 18
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