Waiting for Spring
I realized, looking back on some old posts, that I blog a lot about my kids being sick. Sorry to be such a downer. I think this happens for two reasons:
1) We've had a lot of sickness this winter.
2) I'm a worry wart and it affects me a lot when the girls are under the weather.
So yes, I had a pretty tough morning taking care of them. Not only do I worry, but they are not their best selves when they are sick. Patience is tough for me to come by when I've been tending to them around the clock for a few days. Combine that with some tough things going on for M at work and the fact that, although the first day of spring was Sunday, it's just COLD (it snowed Monday and is supposed to snow again tomorrow) and you've got plenty to complain about.
Plus, I really really miss running. Outside. Not on the elliptical. I can't run outside right now unless it's 5 AM and dark and the girls are asleep, or if I subject them to frostbite and crankiness by taking them out in the jogger. Sorry, I just had to add one more complaint.
So today I turned to scripture, which I don't do nearly often enough.
18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. 19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. 20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.
22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. 24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. (Romans 8:18-25, New International Version, ©2011)
How's that for putting things in perspective?
We've had a lot of waiting lately: waiting for the girls to be healthy again, waiting for news regarding M's job, waiting for warmer weather, waiting for time together as a family. It's hard not to feel kind of blah in the meantime, like a huge pregnant woman ready for it to be over... or "groaning" with the "pains of childbirth" waiting for that final prize. But it's all coming. Soon. And all these silly things will one day seem like rubbish compared with "the glory that will be revealed in us."
So, I'll leave you with some pictures of the girls outside with me, waiting for spring.
1) We've had a lot of sickness this winter.
2) I'm a worry wart and it affects me a lot when the girls are under the weather.
So yes, I had a pretty tough morning taking care of them. Not only do I worry, but they are not their best selves when they are sick. Patience is tough for me to come by when I've been tending to them around the clock for a few days. Combine that with some tough things going on for M at work and the fact that, although the first day of spring was Sunday, it's just COLD (it snowed Monday and is supposed to snow again tomorrow) and you've got plenty to complain about.
Plus, I really really miss running. Outside. Not on the elliptical. I can't run outside right now unless it's 5 AM and dark and the girls are asleep, or if I subject them to frostbite and crankiness by taking them out in the jogger. Sorry, I just had to add one more complaint.
So today I turned to scripture, which I don't do nearly often enough.
18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. 19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. 20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.
22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. 24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. (Romans 8:18-25, New International Version, ©2011)
How's that for putting things in perspective?
We've had a lot of waiting lately: waiting for the girls to be healthy again, waiting for news regarding M's job, waiting for warmer weather, waiting for time together as a family. It's hard not to feel kind of blah in the meantime, like a huge pregnant woman ready for it to be over... or "groaning" with the "pains of childbirth" waiting for that final prize. But it's all coming. Soon. And all these silly things will one day seem like rubbish compared with "the glory that will be revealed in us."
So, I'll leave you with some pictures of the girls outside with me, waiting for spring.
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| These daffodil shoots are always the first green we see in the spring, braving the cold in our flower bed. |
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| L always has a friendly wave to share, even when she's chilly! |
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| Winter coats and sweaters won't stop us from blowing bubbles! |
thank you for the helpful perspective. i, too, don't turn to scripture often enough. thank you for the reminder. we miss seeing you guys- can we hang out soon, with or without the guys? jenn
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