There it sits...
green, football like, sitting on my front porch,
and I smile.
Just a few minutes before, that smile wasn't there but tears.
Tears that flow when stress hits, prayers go unanswered,
in the middle of trials and waiting on change.
She had a whim,
a thought,
and she acted on it.
Something so small,
an act so kind,
to change my focus...
To focus on the blessing of the moment.
To focus on the provision of the moment.
To focus on the truth that God has not forgotten me in this time.
A moment to take the focus off of all that has been weighing me down.
To open my eyes and see the small gifts HE would bring after that...
A card.
An email.
Friends reaching out.
An opportunity to create again.
When my thoughts go to the weight of the waiting and trials.
The reality that is now.
I just focus...
Focus on that green, football like watermelon,
now sitting on my counter.
And, I smile.
“Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”
Hebrews 13:5 NIV
What small, little gifts has He left you lately?
By His Grace and Hope,
Nicole Marie
Spilling words out onto the page.
green, football like, sitting on my front porch,
and I smile.
Just a few minutes before, that smile wasn't there but tears.
Tears that flow when stress hits, prayers go unanswered,
in the middle of trials and waiting on change.
She had a whim,
a thought,
and she acted on it.
Something so small,
an act so kind,
to change my focus...
To focus on the blessing of the moment.
To focus on the provision of the moment.
To focus on the truth that God has not forgotten me in this time.
A moment to take the focus off of all that has been weighing me down.
To open my eyes and see the small gifts HE would bring after that...
A card.
An email.
Friends reaching out.
An opportunity to create again.
When my thoughts go to the weight of the waiting and trials.
The reality that is now.
I just focus...
Focus on that green, football like watermelon,
now sitting on my counter.
And, I smile.
“Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”
Hebrews 13:5 NIV
What small, little gifts has He left you lately?
By His Grace and Hope,
Nicole Marie
Spilling words out onto the page.
No editing, no worrying if I have it just right or not.
Writing for five minutes with friends.
