It's the week after Easter and I have survived another 8 hour drive closed up in the car with all my kids, my husband and the dog. I won't admit which one smelled worse, that's another story entirely. It was a quick trip. We went down on Friday and came back on Sunday night, but it was worth it to be able to spend the holiday with family. Scamp had a blast running wild with his cousins and participating in the annual Easter egg hunt. This is an event that is taken seriously around my folks house. My dad always buys plastic eggs and fills them full of money, lots of money. I think the total this year was around 70$. That's an egg hunt I want in on! lol Unfortunately he cuts it off at age 12. After that you get moved up to the big kid hunt. That's where he takes one egg, we all chip in to fill it and one lucky grandkid makes off with about 25$. This year it was my beautiful niece who bested all the boys and made off with the loot. Scamp didn't care, he was having too much fun with his haul. He was excited about his money, about his candy and also about the hard boiled colored eggs he had made with his dad the night before. That's our tradition.
The problem is, since we left later that same day, Scamp wanted to take all his treasures home with him. One week later I discovered, the hard way, what happens to hard boiled eggs that roll under the back seat out of sight and sit in the heat for seven long, hot days. My poor car now smells as if I have been transporting a dead body! I think next year we'll jut stay home! lol
As I sit and ponder this adventure into the world of stankiness I was struck by what an enormous impact can be made by something relatively small, something as small as a simple, blue Easter egg.
I am also reminded of another story I heard this weekend from J. It seems a local Royal Ranger outpost wanted to have some t-shirts printed up for their boys. The scripture reference they wanted on there was 1Corinthians 11:1 -"Follow me, as I also follow Christ", but there was just a bit of a mix-up at the printers. When they picked the shirts up, they discovered the reference said 1 Corinthians 1:11 and that reads just a little differently; "for it has been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe's household, that there are contentions among you"
It's a little thing, the colon, but look what a difference it can make. By moving it over only one little spot everything is changed. Now look at your own life, your own walk. What little things are you letting change what should be in your life? Is there an attitude left unchecked? Is there an offense you are harboring in your heart that you would just as soon not deal with? Are you entertaining a thought, an idea that's not good for you? Are you allowing music, or tv shows or movies to influence you in ways that aren't the best? These things seem like little things, no big deal, right? Wrong! So many times it's the little things that eventually cause the greatest damage? Have you ever seen a termite? See how tiny they are. Now look at the damage done by so small a bug. When they attack a weight bearing wall they can bring a house down and you wouldn't know there was a problem until it was too late.
Take some time today to look for the little things in your life that may have escaped your notice. I'm asking the Lord to shine his light and show me the things that seem small but have a big impact on my life and then I'm asking Him to give me the strength to deal with them by His grace.
As for the rest of my day, I'll be here enjoying this wonderful spring weather, gazing on my lovely flowers, sipping and iced coffee and trying to get the stench of rotten eggs out of my nostrils. I think I'll be fine unless the cops come looking for the source of the dead body smell in the back of my car. If that happens, things could get dicey. I'm just saying........
Till next time!
Soaked in His blessings!
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