I remember a day, years ago, when all five of my sons were still kids at home. On this particular day, it was overcast and foggy. The air felt like 99.9% humidity, not the weather that inspires smiles and praise, for sure. As I got the family ready for school, I was thinking about the horrible weather. I was a school teacher at the time and I thought how miserable the children would be cooped up inside all day. I fixed breakfast, yearning for a bright sunny day, anticipating my hair frizzing. Helping my youngest son, Timmy, into his coat, I dreaded getting wet on our way out to the car. When I was almost to the car, I realized Timmy had stopped. I looked back to find this 5 year old, standing with hands stretched out, palms upward and his radiant, smiling face to sky to embrace the moisture. He said, awestruck and filled with obvious delight, "Mom, it feels like the rainforest!"
"Summing it all up, friends, I'd say you'll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious, - the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse." -Philippians 4:8
My hair did frizz a little that day, but I didn't care; I could see my son's expression in my mind and I smiled all day! Meditate on the good, the beautiful!
