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Laughter/Gratitude

Derek was sitting in the recliner and I was laying on the couch.  We had just finished watching TV.  Derek has been overwhelmed with work and Church which of course causes me to worry about him.  I turned to him and tenderly asked, "Hey sweet heart what is on your mind?"  He replied, "I have a problem," expecting some sort of profound and burdened explanation I braced myself for his next words, "There is a plunger on the armoire and I just don't think it goes with the decor."  Sure enough I looked up and sitting on top the armoire was the bathroom plunger.



Putting pieces together came up with a probable scenario.  I had asked Elizabeth to watch Michael while she watched a show on the computer and I took a nap.  Knowing Michael and his newly found fascination with the bathroom I bet he toddled over and found a new toy in a plunger and brought it to his sister to share.  Being the good girl she is she took the plunger from him and put it where she knew he could not reach.  Thus we have a plunger as decor. 

Derek and I had a great laugh and went to bed tired but happy.

1 Nephi 18:16
"16 Nevertheless, I did look unto my God, and I did praise him all the day long; and I did not murmur against the Lord because of mine afflictions."
This is what I would like to do. To not murmer against the Lord because of my afflictions. I am amazed at how much I complain about my problems and how much the Lord blesses me. Lately I have been made more and more aware of my blessings. I have a wonderful home with enough space to easily hold my whole family. When I moved into my house I did not love my kitchen but over the past 4 years things have happened so that now it is just the way I want it. I thought it would take 10 years before we could do all the things that we wanted done but little by little it has become just right. Now Derek and I have other areas we want to change but I am trusting in the Lord's plan. I know that even though my living room is not important to the Lord, I know that He knows it is important to me and that He will help me make it nice. How grateful I am to a Lord who loves me and takes such good care of me. I have no reason to complain.
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