Sep. 26, 2015

Finding a Rose in every situation

Good morning! What a nice day to sit out on porch to drink coffee, watch the boys play and listen to the birds sing. I am rather tired though, I didn't sleep well. It's hard to rest when Kase is laying on the top of my head, Snap's nose is nestled under one of my double chins and Cooper stretched out across my legs. I try to explain I am the Alpha dog and I don't sleep in their pack. They just laugh at me, seriously they snort and laugh when I try to rationalize with them. Anyhow that's my story and I am sticking to it. 
This morning while watching the news I heard them say Kayne West was planning on running for President in 2020. I thought can you imagine the New Reality show The Kardashions take over Washington! Heaven forbid, I sure hope the American people have more sense than that, but sometimes I wonder.......speaking of houses, the other day Miranda Lambert's song "The House that built me" came on the radio and I do like this song. I do understand what she is saying, but my mind went back to all the houses I grew up in and each one holds sweet memories. But there were a couple that reminded me of some hard sad times, but as I think of those I am forever grateful of how God kept his hand upon us. How we made it through and became stronger because of those times. That's when I thought its not the house, it's not the wood, shingles, concrete or dry wall that built me, but the who. That who is My God, my family, my parents, my brother, sister and later my son. Everyone had a part in building this old house. Even today this old house is being reinvaded. That is why we must be careful to whom we keep company with. Sometimes the exterior of the house can be misleading. Like the old Song "Everything that glitters is not gold". You can have it looking all so great on the outside of the house but on the inside it's in shambles, cold, lonely and falling apart. Then on the opposite you can have a house that looks like its falling all apart from the outside but oh on the inside, it is nothing but warmth, comfort and beauty! I can remember a old shack we lived in when we first moved to MO. It was a little run down house in Rockview, MO. We were going through a very tough time financially. My mom had a mental breakdown, my best friend was killed and the house had been flooded before and the water was rushing near the back yard again. But you know what I really remember is the love and support my family had for each other and a little rose bush out in the back yard. I can remember sitting outside looking at the beauty of the budding flowers. They didn't allow their surroundings to stop their petals from unfolding to be what they were called to be and neither was I. I think to the rest of the world we may have looked like we had nothing, but oh were they so wrong! We just had not blossomed out yet! We were rich beyond anyone could ever imagine! We were like the rose petals before they opened. For my family was together tight as a rose bud, being protected from the frost of the season. We were built with the strongest materials possible. We were built upon "THE ROCK" so it is not about the What, but the Who! As I look back at my House and I realize it was the strong foundation of God that pulled my family through the storms of this life! I could go on and on about the physical structures I grew up in and all those memories, but I am thankful for that old house in Rockview for without that experience I may have never understood the beauty of a Rose. I just want to say I am ever so grateful for my loving, supportive family and without them this old house would have been condemned! Until later.........I feel sorry for people who don't have a dog. I hear they have to pick up the food they drop on the floor.