I'm a big stress ball...cut my thumb using the mandolin (because everyone wants a hunk of thumb in their pickles, right?)... kids are all off schedule-which makes them all out of whack and in turn makes me out of whack...I get frustrated when I have to wait... the window is leaking... I think I need more house, time, money...my to do list gets longer before it gets shorter...my whining and complaint list is becoming longer rather shorter... and THEN... I am reminded that I need to STOP and be thankful.  Tonight while at a meeting at church, I saw some cute little kids running down the hall.  Kids that are  close to the age of my kiddos.  But my kids are tucked in tight to their big comfy beds while those kids are sleeping in our church tonight because they don't have a place to call home right now. They don't have a  ton of toys scattered all over the floor (that I step on consistently and surely complain about) or a soft bed to be tucked into for their bedtime story. And yet they are smiling, and giggling, and full of joy.  And so I am reminded that I have enough, I am enough, and I must remember to be thankful!!  Thankful for the many, many blessings that cross out all of the things I mentioned first.
And tonight I am especially thankful to the genuinely good people at LUMC that help those families and sweet kids staying at our church get back on their feet. They are the light we often forget to see and share when we get so caught up in our everyday issues that become insignificant when we are reminded of what we truly have.   To them I say thanks and to the families that are touched by their kindness , I will pray for God's love to continue shining on them.
To the IHN volunteers, this is for you--You are certainly being The light.