Looking At The Glass HALF FULL

Ahhhh, twins! Gotta love them. Two to hug. Two to kiss. Two to experience them do all their firsts. Two to shop for. Two to laugh with. Two snuggle. Two, TOO cute!!!! I have to admit, they are a true blessing. They are fun. They receive mounds of attention. They are loved, loved, loved. They get gawked over. They love life. The list is endless. I can thank GOD for that optimistic view of life with twins. Without Him above, I could be a walking time bomb. The next one to "go postal" on someone. Praise God that my reality, for me, is a true blessing.

I learned on Monday, at Bible Study, AND I LOVE THIS, that one who grumbles is one who is faithlessness. And it's true. If you grumble or complain, what your basically saying is that you don't have faith that God has placed a particular circumstance your way to grow you closer to Him. Doesn't that just make so much sense? SO... that is why I take the gift of twins as simply that... a gift. God is using them to break me of my constant need or drive to be PERFECT.

On any given day, my home is clean and very organized, but it's next to impossible to keep these hardwood floors pristine AND it's KILLING ME. The other night we had tacos, corn, and black beans. As I've said before, I want the babies to feed themselves as much as possible so they can learn a necessity of life. I decided to take a measuring cup and fill it up with all the food I swept up from one meal. It was almost 1 full cup of beef, corn, and black beans. I decided to look at the cup as HALF FULL instead of HALF EMPTY! And...when you are about to grumble or complain, I hope you can to. Look at life's struggles as a privilege from God. Look at those tough days, those challenging times, and those very frustrating moments as discipline from God. We discipline our children for their own good, right? And so does God. He disciplines us because he loves us. As a parent, I do my children no good to NOT, NOT discipline them. And either does God. SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT?