SIGHS AND SMILES

I think it is always so wonderful when you have those special times that feel so precious. Holding a grandchild, celebrating some special event.

It all swells in the heart with such cherished feelings. The kind you can’t in any way put a price on.

But the joy is never something you take for granted. It goes unspoken and savored on so many levels.

What doesn’t work is the problems that intrude upon the joy. Those occasions that complicate and betray the peace.

How often the inexplicable can mar. It can burden in a special way. Never to the point that you can’t still find some happiness in the process.

It is sort of like planning a party. You make all the preparations and have such great expectations.

Then things start to go wrong. The cake you ordered isn’t the way you asked for it. You can live with it, but it isn’t the same.

The food you planned has problems of some kind and the decorations don’t turn out right either. So it all dampens the dream.

So we adjust and still have the party, but somehow it never ends up living up to our hopes. Doesn’t keep us from wanting more parties, just loses that quality we wanted.

This happens in many ways with many different aspects of life. And it can so affect one’s mood if you are a planner.

Still we move on as best we can, some times wondering why at least one part of life can’t be perfect. Which always takes away from how we try to view the next opportunity.

I think at times God allows us to wallow in such passages. Because He wants to keep us focused on what is important.

So hopefully we will get that message and learned, but so often it doesn’t seem to work out that way.

The human heart craves its toys. We can get so stubborn if they get broken. And we often don’t step back to appreciate the reason.

Which hopefully along the way God is able to help us in that regard. So we find the joy He intended.

That will always last longer than our expectations.