Standing at the sink – clearing out carrot and zucchini shreds from steel bowls – I looked up from rinsing water and saw three blondes…..occupied.
The oldest – sitting hunched over a piece of white paper with pencil in hand – was sketching his Mama some far away farm scene his imagination conjured up.
And the girl blonde – she was tending to her babies on the couch while eating a string of mozzarella – hair all messy and four year old glorious.
The ‘baby’ – he was on hands and knees over by the fireplace running a race car around a black plastic track…….content.
Oh God, thank you for this moment. This is good.
I think I said it right out loud.
But all of them were so happy engrossed that they didn’t here their Mama’s proclamation.
And that’s a shame. They hear my many petitions more than they hear my praises.
Something needs to change with me.
Lots of things, really.
My eyes have been opened to some of the world’s atrocities this week. And if I’m being truly honest – I’m struggling with what I’m seeing.
Trying to reconcile an all powerful God to the scolding pain that even little ones are enduring….. at the hands of lust and greed and evil- it totally and completely unravels me.
Actually experiencing a very present and real and involved Creator – and then knowing that precious young are being destroyed in all kinds of deplorable manners…..my finite mind toils and spins.
That some of us are able to flourish in sound family environments – and others are left to scrounge and scourge in the streets and back alley’s…… it’s maddening.
For those of us that know Christ…..and for those of us who have been sheltered and safe and able to fully thrive throughout life….. we are held to a higher account, certainly.
In what we are doing.
In what we are praying.
And yes….in how much we praise.
So much good fills my days. How do I so often allow my heart to plunge into the depths of ungratefulness?
It’s unacceptable.
Seeing my littles all bound by beauty and warmth rather than chains and filth….. it should make my faith take note of the crazy contrast, yes, yes, yes….but it should also invoke all kinds of thankfulness for my current situation in this life.
And today………it does.
