Last weekend we visited Garrett County in western Maryland to enjoy the changing leaves. One of the sites we visited was Mountain Lake Park where we found this delightful sculpture of children playing....
The child hanging from the bars actually swings back and forth....
We were enjoying the playfulness of the sculpture until we read the plaque....
When we lose someone who was precious to us we will either grieve that loss until we find peace or we will resist the loss and become bitter. There is an ebb and flow to life that must be respected even when the length of it is shorter than we expected--whether it be our own or someone dear to us. By changing our "point of view" about it we can give thanks for the days we DID have. Just as we saw the sculpture as playful at first, changed our minds about it when we saw that it was a memorial, and then changed it yet again when we read the inscription reminding us to embrace what we have instead of dwelling on what we don't have, we need to constantly reframe the happenings in our lives to see them from a spiritual point of view. God can bring good out of the worst situations if we will just allow His Will to be made perfect in us.
Father, thank you for all that you are doing in my life. May I not lose sight of Your goodness that is available to me in all things.
Link to scripture: Romans 8:28
Take action: Reframing Thoughts
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