Perspective

1/5/16-Perspective

This morning as I was still in my pajamas and my daughter was headed off to the orthodontist I get a text that says…”PICK UP YOUR PHONE”. Apparently my phone was on vibrate and I did not hear it the first 5 TIMES SHE CALLED.

I get on the phone and I hear…”Mom, my car died in the middle of the road.”

No parent likes to hear that…so I throw some yoga pants on (like that is any better than pajamas..lol) and head her way.

A wonderful man named Ryan stopped to help us. He had a portable battery charger and it was just what we needed to get the car into a parking lot. He was definitely God sent!

Claudia made it to her orthodontist appointment a little late and then made it to school during second hour.

You may be asking yourself; what does this story have to do with PERSPECTIVE?

Let me share…

It would have been easy to get all bent out of shape over the car dying. After all, it’s frustrating, inconvenient and as far as cars go…usually a bit pricy to fix.

However, in that moment I said to myself…it’s just a car and Claudia wasn’t hurt or trapped or lost. You see, the last couple months of 2015 I saw a family lose their 19 year old amazing son to suicide. I saw a marriage of 34 years experience the …”til death do us part” come to pass. I saw children lose a parent, and a community rally around families who lost their 17 and 18 year old son’s in a car accident; and then tonight I learn of a 15 year old that chose to end his life a few days ago.

That my friends offers PERSPECTIVE…Things Don’t Matter, People Do!

So, in 2016 when life throws unexpected curve balls my hopes are we will know that if those curve balls are about money, cars, houses, jobs, and any other THING…we will choose to be thankful because in the end…Things Don’t Matter, People Do!

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11