So many blessings were unwrapped today at 6 A.M. Some of my first thoughts of the day were all blessings to be unwrapped …and it happens to be Tuesday. They were thoughts of things I am so very thankful to God for…
… good friends who stick with you through the good, the bad and the ugly, for a friend loves at ALL times. (Prov. 17:17)
… that I got my “iron sharpened” last night. (Prov. 27:17)
… for a hot cup of coffee at Panera Bread shared by a few of those good friends.
… for the nice staff at Panera Bread who do not throw you out the door at 9PM sharp, because that is when they close, who quietly just start to clean up around you and are not rude but leave you alone until you are ready to leave. That one really hit me this morning. It was closing time and they just started cleaning. We did not realize what time it was, no one came over to tell us they were closing and would we “please leave.” We did not “keep” anyone there because they were still mopping the floor when we left but it was very pleasant to be left alone until we got up to leave, 20 minutes after closing time. (Unlike a certain dinner we had the last time we were together, but that restaurant shall remain nameless.) It makes me want to eat at Panera Bread more often and spend my money there… unlike that nameless restaurant…. but I am going into a “siding” here.
… that I know what a “siding” is and that brings new meaning to the phrase “getting sidetracked,” thank you to Thomas the Tank Engine.
… that God has given me friends that love me beyond a 1/4 of a yard of fabric.
… that God has surrounded me with friends who love me and my family beyond the church doors.
There are so many other blessings that were unwrapped in these early morning hours, but if I don’t stop here… I will be sitting here all. day. long.
… and we do have to eat, paint, do school, paint, do laundry, paint, Christmas shop, paint, clean bathrooms, paint, change diapers, paint, and make beds at some point in time.
… did I mention we have to paint?
It is Tuesday. Click on over to Emily’s Chatting at the Sky blog for a few more blessings that are being Unwrapped today.
