a few of my favorite things...
Raindrops on roses
And whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Okay, you know you want to sing it....everybody now!
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things!!
Now the song is stuck in your head. Your welcome.
But I really was just thinking about a few of my favorite things.
I know this is the season to count your blessings and ponder the things we are thankful for. And while I am truly grateful for so many deep profound and wonderful things...today I am grateful for a few of little things...like:
The voices of my children
Chik filet sauce
Dry Shampoo
Netflix
Hormone Replacement Therapy
Spotify Premium
Couch therapy with my Tribe
Speedway - Cherry Coke Cherry is my .89 freeze recipe
My flowery chair from Goodwill
Getting lost in a memory then realizing I'm smiling
Driving in the country
Cooking - but only on holidays
Not cooking most other days
My maps app
Listening to my mom play the piano
My beige Clark's - for being so cute and sensible
Books - The smell of them. How they feel in my hand. And the places they take me.
Amazon Prime
When my kids want me to listen to a cool new song and it ends up being a cover from the 80's
And yes....The Sound of Music (ya'll know you crushed on Christopher Plummer)
Oh there are so many more!!
So today and everyday I am determined to embrace the little things. My little random list actually represents relationships, time, sacrifice, bonding, connection, provision, teaching, learning, over coming fears, finding faith, laughter and tears. It represents my life and how a Sovereign God cares about the tiniest instrinsic details of it. Often we look for the major moments and profound interventions to hear and see God's direction and provision. Listen Linda (YouTube it), God can tell me He loves me through a bottle of L'oreal foundation and pair of loafers....in fact He has. There is a beautiful still small Voice that lives in the tension of creation. He is speaking. Think of some of your favorite things. Even the smallest silliest favorite things. As you smile -- because they will make you smile -- remember you are Loved.