Take Care

This past week I got the immense joy of going to Jesup for a couple of days and then down to Florida with the grandparents for Thanksgiving. I don't know if you don't enjoy your grandparents, don't know them, or never got the chance to truly know them, but I wholly invite you to come be apart of my family. Looking back on my favorite times with my family, my grandparents were there. Not just Grandma and Grandaddy from my mother's side but my Pop and Gan from my father's side as well. Any question I had to ask, they always had an answer. Grandparents have the best food, stories (which I believe to be somewhat enhanced from my grandfathers), and they have the best perspective. 

Now there are two men that I am particularly fond of and they are my Pop and my Granddaddy. These men stepped up and stepped in when I lost my own father and I have to say that they did a spectacular job. They filled my life with unconditional (and sometimes tough) love. If I have learned anything from my own short life here on this Earth, I know how time is fleeting. However, I never felt the depth and gravity of that knowledge until recently. For some reason this week I realized now more than ever is the time I should be spending with the best men I know. My life permanently changed after I lost my father but I couldn't ask for better men to have come in and give me that love, and my heart overflows with thankfulness and just awe at them.

This thankfulness extends so far past just these two men though. Sunday in church my pastor hit on the point. "The lack of a thankful heart is the beginning of man's rebellion against God." Well if that just didn't hit the nail on the head. I remembered Deuteronomy 6 where it says to take care lest you forget the Lord and what he has done for you. So often I just gaze over my blessing instead of truly thinking about them and the impact they have had on my entire life. I also realized that while we are given blessings, they are nothing if you don't remember to enjoy them.

As humans it is ridiculously easy for us to get caught up in the habit of thinking rather than action. I have thought about my blessings. I mean, I have taken time and just let the gravity of their impact be fully felt. And now I intend to maximize those blessings and really enjoy them. Whether that be more "just because" phone calls, slower runs to actually look at the scenery, or taking a moment to go swing. I encourage you to do the same. Don't let your days pass by in a haze because they are worth much more than your passing attention.

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