Things aren't always what they seem...

I think if I could say one thing about life right now, it would be: "Sometimes, things aren't what they seem"

My sweet ones, this is my son Isaac, please notice the item he has chosen to use as a chair...



For the record... it is not a chair, it is not even a solid cube, it is a cardboard box that his grandma used to wrap his birthday present in... and yet... he thinks it is a might fine chair...

It is no secret that sometimes life gets away from us and right now, that is right where I am...

I am wondering why I must spend my time doing something I don't want to do, let alone with people I don't want to spend time with... But sometimes, things are not what they seem... Let's look at a few people that come to mind...

The first, is a man that has more money than he knows what to do with, for example, he owns more than one home... and yet, all of his houses are empty, the nights pass by without knowing what it is like to have a family dinner, and if I remember right, it has been years since he was the one to wrap a gift for his "one true love"...

Then, there is a woman, who also has been blessed with more money than most people would dream of... her grand child or children hardly knows her, her children never come home, her houses are empty, she frowns rathern than smiles and I don't think I have ever heard her laugh... Some might look at them as say they have it all... But sometimes, things are not what they seem...

Then, there is a young couple, married young, with babies and living on one income, loving Sweet Jesus as if there was nothing else to do with their time. They make homemade cards and cookies for their friends and family. They give what they don't have without question. They don't own a home, they don't spend their time experiancing fancy vacations, but they laugh and love as if it was all there was in the world.

And finally, there is an woman and man, married for many years, they raised their kids together, they spent hours around the dinner table as a family, they enjoy a good sale and thrive off the thrill of finding a great deal. They have fun, they love Jesus and they are watching their children's children love Jesus. And yet, some might look at them and say they have nothing, they have achived nothing, their lives have met nothing and they are nothing... But sometimes, things are not what they seem...

Jesus, open my eyes so that I might see what you want me to see, but when I look, But sometimes, things are not what they seem. I want to honor you, regardless of how the day is spent. I want to fall more and more in love with you from the moment I wake up until the moment I go to bed. I want to dream of you. I want to talk about you. I want to serve you and I want to live to make you proud. I love you. Amen