Day 12

You have heard of a smart phone... and if I had to guess, most of you probably own a smart phone.  But, have you ever heard of a smart sink?  Me neither, until I discovered that I actually have a smart sink today.  The faucet on my sink is a two-in-one deal... we don't have a separate sprayer.  Instead, there is a button on the head of the sink that allows me to switch from a single stream into crazy spray, as my three year old likes to call it.  I was doing dishes this afternoon and used the crazy spray to rinse off a bowl.  When I turned the sink back on, it had automatically switched back to the single stream.  Amazing!  (And a little embarrassing because I've had this faucet for several months now...)  I wasn't sure it really happened, so I tried it again, and Ta Da!  The faucet switched from crazy stream to single stream just by turning it off.  Pretty fancy stuff in my book. 

My desire is for my automatic reaction to be thankfulness, regardless of what's going on... kinda like my smart sink.  When something happens, I want my automatic single stream to be thankfulness, instead of the crazy spray of doubt, fear, anger, frustration... and whatever negative thoughts that can so easily consume.  I want to shut off the negative and turn on my single stream of thanksgiving.  Now, I've got a long way to go with this.  For example, when my son stepped in vomit in the parking lot tonight, my initial reaction was frustration.  And while I was thankful my friend had a bag to put the soiled shoes in, it still took me a while to flip from frustration to being thankful that my son was healthy and not the one throwing up.  But after 66 days of being thankful, hopefully I'll be a lot more like my smart faucet - choosing to give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for us in Christ Jesus (1 Thessalonians 5:18).  I hope you are closer to this too!

The memory verse I'm learning this week is Psalm 105:1-2:  Give thanks to the Lord, call on His name; make known among the nations what He has done.  Sing to Him, sing praise to Him; tell of all His wonderful acts.  I love how these verses remind us to not only give thanks, but to also tell others how God is blessing our lives.  We aren't supposed to keep these blessings a secret - and by listing your thankful list on the blog, you are doing just that... making known among the nation what He has done. 

So, here's what I'm thankful for tonight...

1. The sound of rain hitting the windows
2. Singing Toby Mac’s “Me Without You” at breakfast with the boys – what an energizing way to start the day!
3. Quiet time with God this morning
4. My favorite, over sized, comfy sweatshirt and my 3 year old sticking his feet in the kangaroo pocket and giggling mischievously
5. Learning the importance of “lightly beating” the egg BEFORE putting it in my favorite muffin recipe… and making the recipe enough times to realize I made a mistake before baking them
6. The smell of homemade muffins filling the house
7. My 7 year old completing his Extreme Dot to Dot – all 721 of them!  In case you can't tell, it's a mummy in a sarcophagus. 

 

Here's to 10,000 reasons... only 8,531 to go...