In today's Basket of Blessings: LOVE!!!!!! I'm grateful that God is willing to deal with me and be patient. He's slowly teaching me(with recent circumstances) that no one else is responsible for my personal happiness. So many people want to be loved and admired but aren't willing to love other people when they act less than lovable. Although I am far from being "Little Mrs. Mature", I'm learning to stop myself from looking at other people, and saying things like... "I would NEVER do this or I would NEVER do that." Have you ever thought... maybe that person was put in your life, just so that you could love them? Many times people who struggle with addictions simply feel worthless or unloved. Alcohol, drugs, eating disorders, compulsive disorders, sex, self mutilation, spending: Many of these are a result of people starving for love or feeling like they have no value. Just because I don't feel like loving someone, doesn't mean I can't still love them! Praise God that we reap what we sew which is why this week when I feel like getting a compliment, I'm going to compliment my husband. And when I feel like getting special attention... I'm going to joyfully give special attention to someone else. That's what LOVE is all about. I'm far from an expert... I constantly fall off the wagon and have to dust myself off and get back on. I know there have been times in my life when I was hard to love and I know there will be times in Shane, Brayden, or Ireland's life when they're hard to love. But we'll never stop loving them like he never stops loving us.
When life gets hard, it's so much easier to be negative than positive. To keep myself and my family smiling through the holiday's, I will be adding to my daily Basket of Blessing's. This was something I started on facebook but decided to continue on our family blog. Every day (at least every few days) I will post something I'm thankful for. I have a lot on my mind lately... I need this for myself and want desperately to chose Joy this holiday season. I want to focus on the good things in God... the positive things... and the reason for the season. :-)
