so i have to say that i am more than happy right at this moment…it’s friday night,7:30pm…i’m out on my back deck with kasey and molly…both vehicles are washed…garage is cleaned out and swept…i have a Starbucks mug full of coffee to my right…and it’s still 74 degrees outside!!! so i decided to type a little bit of nothing on here before bath time comes…
after dinner tonight i pulled both vehicles out into the driveway…kasey laid a quilt out on the front lawn…and we washed cars while molly played on the quilt…one of the neighbors had to stop by to see how big molly was and comment on how time flies…grandpa had to call in and tell us about the bottle recall on the news…he also had to warn me about letting molly play in the yard because we have it treated with chemicals…and wow, the neighbor guy just came out bearing all but what was covered by his red cotton shorts, didn’t need that one!!!
but the point of what i’m typing is how molly played on the quilt…at first she was stiff as a board in the middle of the quilt…then as she became more comfortable with her surroundings she moved closer to the edge…then as she started to place her hand on the grass…big frown and tears…she didn’t like the grass at all(so we’re safe for now grandpa)…she would go back to playing and then a little bit later she would go right back to the edge and do it all over again…did she forget her dislike for the grass???
my twisted mind thought how similar that is to her father…as well as many others i suppose…there are things in life that we are tempted to draw near to or take part in…we may even take that first step or first taste or first look…but then we realize it’s not for us and we return back to the safety of what God has for us in life…after a while we head right on back to that same edge, or maybe even a different edge…but we have that same realization all over again…did we forget the consequences??? did we forget the feelings of guilt???
when we live in the freedom that God gives us…inside of His will…we have…life abundantly!!! we can laugh and play and enjoy life, just like molly did on that guilt…she was yelling and singing and having a good time…until she went to that edge…
tonight have been an amazing start to my weekend…i feel extremely blessed, spoiled, and privileged to have…
life abundantly!!!
