Breeze

I do apologize for not writing in so long (not that anyone out there really cares). A lot has changed in my life over the past year. One huge one though- A. My wife and I had our first child, a daughter, on March 31. Her name is Aubryn but we refer to her as A sometimes. There is so much I have learned and so much that has changed about me sense her grand arrival. I never though I would love her like I do. I also never really thought that I would learn as much from her as I have.

Yesterday, I was playing with her and took her outside just to look. About the time we got out there, the breeze starting to pick up. I looked directly at her and started saying "Wind, wind" like all parents do to teach them daily things we all take for granted.

And it happened....

A huge grin appeared on her cute, 6 1/2 month face. She picked up her left hand and just held in the air so gently... like she was feeling and truly enjoying the wind.

The wind. The wind? How can the wind make her smile and just stare as she feels the chill that is in the breeze.

Most of us hate the wind. It makes us cold, messes up our hair, blows the papers in our hand, disturbs us.

My daughter and her joy in the wind humbled me yesterday. Enjoy the little things God has given us. I dont care if you are broke or Mark Zuckerberg, their are things that our Father gives us daily that no one can recreate or mimic. Enjoy these gifts, these common graces, and worship Him.

The wind? Ofcoarse the wind.