Joy

Psalm 47:1
"Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy."

Her side:

Joy. There is no better way to describe the feelings I get when I see my children, hear them giggling, hear 'I love you's' and seeing their smiles.
There is no better way to describe the feelings I get when I hear from the back of the car, "Mom! We're holding hands!" that is followed by giggles of joy.

Just this morning, as I sit and finish my breakfast with my son, the girls are running up and down the hallway giggling and Amie yells at me while she runs, "Mom! We're playing tag!"

One of the major pro's of having our oldest be only 3 1/2? They play together. They are usually on the same page and like the same things. It makes it easy, most days. Hearing our children (and yes, sometimes all 3 at the same time) play together, giggling together, having fun together, is the best thing I can hear during the day.

This morning our day started off before 6 am, though I didn't get out of bed until after, with the girls crawling in bed with me. Waking up with a head ache and major body aches I was sure it was going to be a long, hard, stressful day, but after breakfast I heard the sweet sound of our girl's giggling and playing together. I saw our kid's sweet smiles and knew, just knew, that God had shook his head at me with a small smile like a parent would and probably thinking (though lets be real, we never really know what God is thinking) "If you just trust Me, you will see things are GOOD." It is just amazing how fast a day can turn with the simplest things

So Joy. Joy is what I feel today. Joy is what I need to keep reminding myself as today goes on that it is good. Joy is what I see in our children. And although I may complain and grumble and desire time to myself without being touched, climbed on, kicked, yelled at, etc, I know we/I am blessed. Blessed beyond words.

We are so joyfully blessed.