Monday, November 5, 2012

 
The other night, I laid my head on my pillow with my gorgeous and loving husband next to me.  I thought of my teenager sleeping downstairs, rapidly outgrowing the twin bed he's always slept on.  I imagined my two rugrats sounds asleep on their bunks.  And my sweet baby girl, across the hall, taking sweet little baby breaths all swaddled up and warm.  And I thought that if I had no other possessions in all my world, but these -- this roof over our heads, and this safe place to be together, it would be enough.  Lord, let me always determine my value by these gifts alone.

Thank you, Jesus.

3 comments:

Chrissy said...

I find myself thinking that a lot a night. My two healthy toddlers snuggled in bed and my amazing husband next to me. We don't have a ton but this right here, right now, is perfect.

MindiJo said...

Pretty perfect.

Love Chrissy's comment. <3

Marie-Louise Kragelund said...

In May we went camping and when we woke up we both had text messages from the burglary alarm (the alarm automatically sends us a message). Thomas rushed home, I stayed with the kids, they were still asleep, and I started thinking of what we might have lost... ... ... And then I called Thomas to say not to drive too fast, because I realized that Thomas and my kids was the only "things" I couldn't bear to lose.
All this just to say that I think I very well know what you mean <3