Thursday, August 15, 2013

Small

For all the things I haven't done, experienced, or accomplished, I can safely say that all I hold in my arms, all I have been blessed with, is more than I deserve, more than I dreamed up for myself. God is good. - From my Instagram @peasknees

Small

I don't want to get all spiritual on you all, but.
Here
I
go-
The first thing that popped into my head when I saw the word  "small" was...
"My head is big, and my arms are small"
Yup.
Meet the Robinsons.
The T-Rex.
Bowler Hat guy had big plans.
He just wasn't adequate.
So many times I feel
small and...
inadequate
It's ok though.
I am small.
I am at many times not enough.
God isn't small though.
He knows what's up.
This week I was snuggling with Pixie at the pool.
I love to snuggle with her, she's still at that age where she cuddles.
I looked down and just had a moment of ...
clarity.
In that span of about 30 seconds,
I thought about  my big plans
hopes,
desires.
Things I never
accomplished,
finished,
pursued,
experienced.
I realized something.
My plans were too small.
God has blessed me BIGGER.
Bigger than I ever dreamed of.
BIGGER than I deserve.
I let her lay in my arms in the sun.
I realized that very moment that I was so blessed.
I was where I WANTED to be.
Where I was MADE to be.
STOP.
(Five minutes when you're waiting in line for something? An eternity.
Five minutes to write? It's like seconds.)

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12 comments:

  1. i've been challenged just this week to think on that same perspective - what God has given might be smaller or not what i expected... that doesn't mean it isn't the best.

    enjoyed visiting for 5mf today!

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  2. Hi Katherine! I am coming over from FMF.

    I love your description of cuddling your little one. I remember those days too. So fun! Like life could stop right there. It is the small stuff that is the most beautiful.

    Nice to see you again!
    Ceil

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    1. I love snuggles, I hope you have a great week!

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  3. Linking up next to you at the FMF. So thankful that God has bigger plans for me than I do for myself. Blessings!

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  4. Your latest pictures of the girls have been so beautiful. I know you are trying to catch that moment, that love you feel for them but it's impossible. But, you are definitely close and I feel it and one day when they look back they will too and it will change their lives!

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  5. God has blessed me Bigger than I have ever dreamed of, Bigger than I deserve. Isn't that his way though. so hard to comprehend sometimes when I realize how undeserving I am of it...and yet how blessed. Thank you for sharing your epiphany of this week.

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  6. Beautiful. Beautiful. Beautiful.

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