gift

right now there are few things that truly feel like a gift. but there has been one that has been a continual gift to me week after week. i am truly thankful to be here with our teens right now. they are God's greatest gift to me during this difficult time. i love spending time with them, being silly together, helping them, listening to them, and just being together. when i am with them everything that i am facing just disappears. they help me to live in the moment. and i am so encouraged by their desire to live out their faith. and selfishly i think i love being with them because they love me. i get hugs all the time, compliments on how i look :), manicures, back rubs, mixed CD's. and i get to love on them, tell them when they are doing a great job, encourage them, believe in them and speak truth into their lives. my time with them is truly a gift- hopefully a mutual gift :) but sometime i am just overwhelmed by the privilege of just getting to be with them. blessed and thankful for:

* God knowing where and for who we are needed at just the right time :)

* some time off to recoup - resting is hard to do sometimes but soooo good!

* the answered prayers of friends :)

it was a long weekend and its taking longer to recover than i had hoped. again another reminder that i really need to take it easy and not push myself. i do find it funny that it is hard not to work :) oh the many many lessons i am learning right now. please just keep praying for my health. i am not really enjoying the side-effects of some of the meds right now.

don't you just want to smile with them?