"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." ~ Marcel Proust
This morning I woke up with a grateful heart. By that, I mean that I had an attitude of thanksgiving and joy from the moment that I opened my eyes. It was a feeling that seemed to emanate from deep inside me and it was overwhelming. Lying there, my mind was filled with memories of people that God has placed into my life. It was as if God was reminding me that just as He has taken care of me in the past by bringing the right people into my life at the right time; He will continue to do the same in the future. I just need to trust Him.
One by one the people paraded through my mind like a Who's Who in The Life's Journey of Bill Kirby. People that I hadn't thought about in year's or ever for that matter. God reminded me with each individual how nothing in this life happens by chance and that because of these people my life was positively impacted in some way. Many were introduced into my life as an answer to prayer. Others, now looking back, prevented me from heading in the wrong direction at a pivotal time in my life. God seemed to be giving me some early morning insight that I had never had before. Why was that I wonder?
The sense of feeling grateful seemed to be stemming from the fact that God cares about each and every detail of my life. He is not a passive participant. This morning's lesson was about how He loved me so much that He sent some special folks into my life to help me in my journey even though I probably didn't realize it at the time.
Looking back God has been reminding me of these life journey participants on a regular basis over the last few days. I believe that this mornings reminder was more of a "final finale", if you will. Sometimes we I need those reminders. It's so easy to get caught up in everything that's happening around us that we forget just how good God has been to us. It's easy to forget how He cares about us and provides "our daily bread". And so this morning He reminded me. Boy, did He remind me.
In the photo above I am giving some love to Dr. Adam Wenick. God brought Him into my life as an answer to prayer. I can honestly say that because of Him I once was blind but now I see. In 2010, I asked God to heal the vision that was destroyed in my right eye and one week later, through a series of strange events, God brought Adam into my life. Over the last six years, God has been using him to restore my vision. As of last Friday's checkup, the vision in my right eye is actually better than my "good" eye!
God is so good.
Be Well.
Bill
