The Frog Prince
Well, I've had a rough day today. My car died, The bank lost 200 of my dollars, and I keep writing love songs to no one... Boy I could really just sit and moan all night, and it's been pretty hard to break out of this miserable little slump of mine. The enemy is definitely not letting me forget my shortcomings.
I'm having some patience problems as well. You may notice the title of this post. I'm actually watching a puppet show on the Smile of A Child network, "St. Bears Doll Hospital". They're doing a rendition of the "Frog Prince". My goodness, how I feel like that little frog, just waiting for that princess to come his way. But as the show progresses that little frog is being taught the importance of just loving himself for who he is, and for the ones who surround him who love him already. So they're trying to show him the fairy tale of the "Frog Prince", but now he just thinks the story was written about him. Ohhh froggy, I understand the feeling of how the world should be revolving around you, but you're not a prince...
Wow, God realllllly has a way of putting things into perspective. This show is truly heaven sent. As I'm writing this and watching the show (intended for 3 year olds), my mood is lifting and I'm starting to see the good in today. For instance, there was a young man at wal mart with down syndrome who approached me warily, and asked me, from his little motorized chair, "Sometimes my feet fall asleep, can you step on them for me?" I questioned myself for a moment, and then began stepping on his feet. He loved this! And I loved being able to assist him any way I could! He was a sweetheart, after a minute of lightly pressing on his feet and shaking them around, I asked if he could feel his feet yet. He replied, "Can you do it 5 more times?". So I continued five more steps, he smiled, thanked me, and with my heart warmed beyond limitation I gave him a high five and he was gone.
For some reason experiences like these tend to dissolve in significance when any negativity is present. I've been frantic today, panicked with fear, impatience, and uncertainty. The only sanctity I've been able to obtain was pretty much in this moment. I took some quiet time to listen for the Lord, but I didn't hear anything. And I tried reaching out to other people, to no avail... Nothing seemed to budge my mood until now. The little bible programs, that for some reason I can totally relate to, really get through to me. Thank God for reflection and gratitude. I feel gratitude should be less of an action and more of an emotion... May we dwell within the serenity of gratitude and not lose sight of the promise of prosperity the Lord's given us. Thank you Jesus, so that I may be a child of the one true living God and thank you God for the one true living Savior. This frog is slowly starting to accept the fact that he's a frog...
I'm having some patience problems as well. You may notice the title of this post. I'm actually watching a puppet show on the Smile of A Child network, "St. Bears Doll Hospital". They're doing a rendition of the "Frog Prince". My goodness, how I feel like that little frog, just waiting for that princess to come his way. But as the show progresses that little frog is being taught the importance of just loving himself for who he is, and for the ones who surround him who love him already. So they're trying to show him the fairy tale of the "Frog Prince", but now he just thinks the story was written about him. Ohhh froggy, I understand the feeling of how the world should be revolving around you, but you're not a prince...
Wow, God realllllly has a way of putting things into perspective. This show is truly heaven sent. As I'm writing this and watching the show (intended for 3 year olds), my mood is lifting and I'm starting to see the good in today. For instance, there was a young man at wal mart with down syndrome who approached me warily, and asked me, from his little motorized chair, "Sometimes my feet fall asleep, can you step on them for me?" I questioned myself for a moment, and then began stepping on his feet. He loved this! And I loved being able to assist him any way I could! He was a sweetheart, after a minute of lightly pressing on his feet and shaking them around, I asked if he could feel his feet yet. He replied, "Can you do it 5 more times?". So I continued five more steps, he smiled, thanked me, and with my heart warmed beyond limitation I gave him a high five and he was gone.
For some reason experiences like these tend to dissolve in significance when any negativity is present. I've been frantic today, panicked with fear, impatience, and uncertainty. The only sanctity I've been able to obtain was pretty much in this moment. I took some quiet time to listen for the Lord, but I didn't hear anything. And I tried reaching out to other people, to no avail... Nothing seemed to budge my mood until now. The little bible programs, that for some reason I can totally relate to, really get through to me. Thank God for reflection and gratitude. I feel gratitude should be less of an action and more of an emotion... May we dwell within the serenity of gratitude and not lose sight of the promise of prosperity the Lord's given us. Thank you Jesus, so that I may be a child of the one true living God and thank you God for the one true living Savior. This frog is slowly starting to accept the fact that he's a frog...
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