Crabby

Happy New Year, everyone! I have no idea how many people might read this, probably at least one. I know my wife reads it once in a while... :-)

Have you ever had "one of those days"? We had a nice 1st of the year. Relaxing. Watched football. Played a game with the family.

But today I woke up with a nice sinus issue. This happens to me occasionally, when I sleep in later than I should or my schedule breaks. My head stuffs up and the pressure creates one of those headaches that you just cannot live with. It saps your energy, kills the appetite, and generally makes live miserable.

Then, to make matters worse, the King Crab legs we were going to finally feast on (they've been in the freezer for a while, waiting to be used) have gone bad. They were stored to long, waiting, and now cannot be trusted.

I had no idea until they were gone just how much I had been looking forward to eating them. It was a mistake to purchase them at all, I know now. We had no real way to use them, but I wanted them. So we got them. We held onto them, and now they're unusable and wasted anyway.

And so my day closes as it began: broken. But as I reflect, I have to give God praise. Here I sit, complaining that my Alaskan King Crab legs were stored to long and are bad, so we'll have to substitute some other delicious and nutrious, wholesome food for them in our meal tonight. I am crying that I only was able to get about 70% of the laundry done in my automated machines while I nursed a headache and stuffed up head with effective and safe pharmaceuticals. Here I am disappointed that I cannot watch my favorite college football team in a bowl game (they didn't make it this year) on my cable TV in my warm living room on my comfy couch where I relax and nurse a hot mug of tea.

I have so much to be thankful for. If it takes a headache and spoiled dinner to remind me of that, then maybe that's another thing to be thankful for.

Dear Lord, thank you for this day! Thank you for this family you've given me and the many blessings you have bestowed on me! Lord, I don't want to complain. Help me to see that it is all yours, that I am your steward, and that Joy comes from contentment.

Thank you!