Life is so full of blessings,
You just have to choose to have the eyes to see them.
Living in a foreign country it is hard to see the blessings God brings. It is so easy to let my mind get filled with my woes of how I didn't get a hot shower, or how I just can't get away from that spitting noise that everyone makes here or how that guy who takes one look at me and then honks his horn just because I am a foreigner.
It is so easy to let myself have a pity party and think about how much I miss my family or how I just wish I could sit down and have a long talk with my boyfriend. But if I let myself get caught up in that I will miss what God has for me now. I will blind myself to the wonderful blessings God has for me today.
I must choose by God's grace to see the little pleasures God brings. And if I choose to look for them, I will be so much happier.
That has been my struggle lately during the midst of the Christmas season to not dwell on what I don't have but to dwell on what I do have.
I realized today that I can be happy about the little things. Even though I miss a lot from back home, I can be so thankful for the little gifts God brings here today.
So I decided as I wrapped my hands around my warm cup to accept the hot chocolate that I thought was gonna be a cold chocolate shake as a wonderful gift from Jesus.
And as I write this my host brought me some red licorice something that I haven't had since I left home.
"Yes" I thought, "I can smile and wonderfully bask in the little blessings God brings"
"I can be so thankful every time I see the sun, or get a glimpse of the moon or tast the wonderful dumplings they have here, or when I get a chance to laugh with friends. I can be thankful and accept it for what it is,
A Gift from God. :)
