August 28th, 2014
   
    Father, I want to thank you.  I want to look at my life with fresh eyes.  Sometimes it seems so same ole, same ole to me. I see the everyday, the mundane, the monotony.  I know there is more, I know my vision is clouded, by familiarity, by my flesh, but a lack of insight. Sometimes I don't see the thousand little blessings that make up a Monday. 
I miss the little gems of life you give me from your unending supply.  I don't see the tiny victories because I'm focused on  the flotsam and jetsome of the day.   I feel defeated and deflated because my eyes are on the ground. I feel like I haven't achieved anything because I see only the ordinary, not the extraordinary.  
It's not true, my vision is obscured, but the truth is still there. When I look for it, I find it. 
The truth is, everyday is good, everyday is another step on the magnificent journey.    Everyday is a blessing.  The blessings come in many forms.
One day it's a gorgeous blue sky on the way to work, the next, it's making a co-worker laugh or feel better about something.   It's writing a script i'm really proud to put my name on.
It's keeping my mouth shut when I want to let loose on someone and shut them down.  

It's getting a heart text from my Husband or knowing my children are safe at school surrounded by friends and teachers who care.  
It's knowing my Mom and sisters are a phone call away and will come if I need them.

There is treasure all around me, blessings and victories dot my day.   Father help me to see them, and have a grateful heart.  Help me to see the extraordinary in the everyday.  Help me to see 
the truth of my life. Help me to celebrate my ordinary days because they are a gift from you.