Sunshine - Sonshine

Well, it is still extremely cold here. Someone said 9 degrees this morning, BUT tomorrow it is supposed to start warming up and I am more than glad. The only thing about this cold spell was that the sun kept shining through it. As long as the sun is shining I can handle the cold. I think that is how it is when we go through trials and hard times in our lives, if we can still see the Son, God's son, and feel his presence we can come through it with flying colors. We don't like the trial, we don't ask for it, but if we keep our eyes on the Son, we emerge that stronger, better person, more ably equipped to help others through their trials.

This morning though I am still in my pjs and my warm robe, no makeup, bed still unmade and have been just sitting reading news on the computer and playing bejeweled. The day is half over and I need to get busy, but what a luxury to do exactly what I want not worrying about being somewhere or accomplishing something for myself or someone else. It is nice, but there is something in me that makes me feel guilty when I do things just for me, or don't hop up and make up the bed or put on my makeup and do my hair, of course that is probably because the one time I don't do it will be the time someone just drops over unexpectedly. : )

My children's friends just lost their baby this morning, it is a sad time for all of them. They have a large circle of friends from church and so many of them are pregnant and of course besides prayer, they are at a loss as to how to help their friends through this trial. God's timing and will is perfect though and even though we can't understand it, he knows what he is accomplishing through those that are willing to let him live through them. He will use this to grow this young couple if they stay close to him for their comfort. Then when another couple has fertility issues or lose their precious baby, they can emplathize totally and truly be able to say, "I understand how you feel and what you are going through." I have found this to be true in my life, and though we don't desire the hard things in our life they are the very thing that strengthens us and makes us into the people we need to be.