Be Thankful For The Tissues!!!

I want to preface this blog by saying we are all at different places in our walk with God; this is just something God laid on my heart to share.  There is no condemnation or criticism here.

The last few months have just been a struggle, there's no nicer way to say it.  We have all been through different struggles. Some might think that the things I'm dealing with are not even difficult, but for me they have been. Most importantly God cares and understands.  

There have been financial losses and hardships, there have been sick kids, non-sleeping kiddos, death in families close to us, and other things that have caused me to approach God's throne with anything but confidence.  

And honestly my questions, fears, and concerns have at times left me with an ungrateful attitude.  I haven't meant to have it, but the distance between where we are and God's best seems so GREAT.  It caused me to become frustrated.  God ever so graciously corrected me the other day in a way that made me smile =)

I had this HUGE grocery list, one of those that was just several hundred dollars worth.  Even with my coupons it was more than I had hoped to spend that week.  I was getting ready to go to the store; I was waiting on Ry to get home.  He came home and with him brought a HUGE package of tissues.  The very one I had on my list.  I usually buy a 8 or 10 count box at BJ's.  I should have said that at the time we all had colds or sinus infections; our noses were all raw.  At the moment, my husband coming in with some Puffs was such a blessing.  Especially since it saved me $15.  

The tissues were just a small little something that God provided.  But for me it went beyond the tissues; God cared.  Someone had donated so many to Ryan's job that they couldn't use them all or give them away.  God met a need, and in all honesty it was a silly need, but He cared about it.  It was the caring about little old me, dealing with lots of yucky noses, and feeling slightly fried that blessed me.  And when I looked at my HUGE list, His gentle reminder was 'be thankful for the tissues', don't look at what you still need'. In this moment, stop and be thankful was the message. 

So often we may feel like we are entitled to more than we have because of the promises of God.  And although there may be truth to what is available to us, today I'm choosing to be thankful for the tissues.  I don't have it all figured out. I know I don't have the same challenges as some, but God cares just as much about mine as theirs.  I may not have all of my questions answered about some things that have transpired, but I know that God cares about the tissues. 

Sometimes we are so busy or concerned looking for God to 'meet' us or 'show himself' to us (in a way that we want) that we completely miss all the ways He is meeting us, His way.  In some instances, it's so so easy to look at all the things we feel like we don't have or all the things we have missed and not just rest in thanking God for all we DO have.  

So today, I encourage you to thank God for the tissues =)