A Bird's Nest....

Has become a new way of life for me. Over the past year, I have been realizing some ugly truth's about myself and peeling away at some hard layers of my heart. I have made myself choose Joy instead of Bitterness. I have counted hundreds of gifts that God has put before me that I otherwise would have taken for granted. I have realized that in Christ Alone, there is no greater JoY! I have seen the hand of God on me in so many situations and His favor and grace play out right before my eyes. I have been reminded that He is my HOPE and He has reminded me time and time again that FULL trust in Him is a moment by moment choice. I have realized that the state of thanksgiving, despite my present circumstances, allows my heart to live in the moment, thankful for each one. And you may ask how a Bird's nest has done that? It has appeared to me in so many ways, it's hard for me to recount. And some of these nests have 2 eggs, most have 3, which is my favorite! Obviously, on the cover of a very special book I've been reading and look at every single day, a sweet nest that my SIL gave me that rests upon my kitchen window sill that brings a smile to my face each time I see it, a blog I was led to that is filled with  more inspiration and hope and truth amidst a horrible loss of a precious child, a sweet friend who makes them and I have bought 3 of them from her!, a real one in the trees of Spring, the hope for my nest to someday have 3 baby eggs in it, for what my nest looks like now with Brian, Hailee, and Hannah, and finally, approaching Easter time, the symbolic number of 3 representing the Trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. That is what I strive for my life to embrace, to hold so gracefully in the palm of my hands, to look at daily in 1,000 different ways the gifts that all this life offers and entails. Just as God promises in Matthew that He takes care of the birds of the air, starting out as tiny baby eggs in a nest, I do not have to fear or worry or doubt, because He is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. So, for today, I'm keeping my eyes focused on the bird's nest and all the hope and joy it is bringing to my life.