New Perspective

Today, we woke up to Parker having a low grade fever and a runny nose. Ugh! I have such a hard time with me or any of my loved ones being sick. I know this is life and that everyone gets sick and that the more kids I have (which I want more) the more of this junk I have to deal with, but it is still hard! SO- I loaded him up with Tylenol and began our day. When he went down for a nap this morning, I went and had my quiet time with the Lord...He gave me such a great verse to remember: Isaiah 8: 12-13
¹² "Do not call conspiracy
everything that these people call conspiracy;
do not fear what they fear,
and do not dread it.

¹³ The LORD Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy,
he is the one you are to fear,
he is the one you are to dread,

It was such a comfort to me as it is so easy for our world to scare us and make us fear "swine flu" or other illnesses and fear the economy or anything else that wakes us up at night, but God tells us that we are supposed to fear HIM....we are supposed to fear the one who has CONTROL over all of that. MMMmmm good! I then gave my day to Him and asked that even though Parkerman is not up to par, that we could still have a wonderful day together. And that we have!! My heart is filled to the brim right now with precious, quality time with my little boy. We sat and snuggled on the couch and watched a movie- then when he wanted to get up and cruise around, I sat and just stared at him....my little miracle. We are still in our PJs and loving this day! God is good...even though Parker is sick....He still gives such joy and fun!