Grain of sand..

With being so incredibly busy with the kids and their school activities, the hubby and his job and my obligations with my family, my school and house, sometimes it's difficult to really pause for a moment and thank God for all of the blessings you really do have.  I am the first to admit to being guilty of that sometimes.

So Small, by Carrie Underwood:

"What you got if you ain't got love
the kind that you just want to give away
It's okay to open up
go ahead and let the light shine through
I know it's hard on a rainy day
you want to shut the world out and just be left alone
But don't run out on your faith"

Today, for instance, was a very stressful day for me.  Nothing seemed to be working out just the way I had hoped, and if you were to ask those I love more than anything in the whole world, they would probably say that my mood wasn't the best.  I hate to admit it, but it really wasn't.  As a matter of fact, my baby girl actually asked me if I was mad at her!  She asked me a few times in the afternoon why I was so quiet and not talking at all.  I wasn't mad- and certainly not at my kids, of course, but just having her ask me, made me feel bad.  I guess because since I am always loving on my kids.  I mean, all of the time.  So, I guess she misunderstood my "not" doing that as being mad at her.  I finally decided to not waste the rest of my day on stressing over something that I cannot do much about anyway.....OK, I decided this about 10 minutes ago.....that still counts, right?! (:

[Chorus]
'Cause sometimes that mountain you've been climbing is just a grain of sand
What you've been up there searching for
forever is in your hands
When you figure out love is all that matters after all
It sure makes everything else
seem so small

The reason I decided this was because I had been stressing over something so insignificant...well, it was something big to me, and I know it sounds like a classic cliche, but I really just had to stop and look around to realize that it really wasn't worth worrying about.  There are horrible things happening everyday in the news, so I decided I'm not going to stress about it anymore.  God never lets me down, so I will put it in His hands and I know and trust that everything will work out for the best.  It always does.

[Verse 2]
It's so easy to get lost inside
a problem that seems so big at the time
it's like a river thats so wide
it swallows you whole
While you sit around thinking about what you can't change
and worrying about all the wrong things
time's flying by
moving so fast
you better make it count 'cause you can't get it back

Take, for instance, my cousin Enrique.  I posted about him a few months ago that he'd been diagnosed with throat cancer.  He was stage 4.  And he was literally scared for his life!  I prayed for him daily, along with others in our family.  I spoke with him after one of his horrible rounds with chemotherapy and he told me how very sick they would make him.  He said that he would barely get "better" from the chemo when it was time for another round.  I remember I told him to think of every chemo treatment as a step toward his future with his new bride, and to remember that everything worth having doesn't come easy.  Well, he just found out last week that he is Cancer FREE!!  God is so good!  I am very excited for him and his wife Michelle and their future.  May God bless them with many, many years of health and happiness!

[Chorus]
Sometimes that mountain you've been climbing is just a grain of sand
What you've been up there searching for
forever is in your hands
When you figure out love is all that matters after all
It sure makes everything else
Seem so small

So, now that I am totally embarrassed of what I was stressing about.  Seriously.  I won't even mention what it was.  Suffice it to say that God will never give us more than we can handle.  I trust in Him completely.

Sometimes that mountain you've been climbing is just a grain of sand
What you've been up there searching for
forever is in your hands
When you figure out love is all that matters after all
It sure makes everything else
Oh it sure makes everything else
Seem so small

Yeah, Yeah

If you are like me and stressing about something you think is huge, just look around.  You'll be surprised at how that mountain you've been climbing really is just a grain of sand!

Here is Carrie Underwood's video for her wonderful song, So Small:



Have a wonderful day.