Look Up!

One of my favorite parts of our new house here in Sioux Falls is in the ceiling.  This is the ceiling over our dining room table.  I LOVED our old house in Illinois.  Yes, I loved it so much that I have shed several tears over leaving it.  I still tear up sometimes thinking about it.  It was my dream house - it had everything I ever envisioned in a house & then some.  So, it was very bittersweet to leave it.

Don't get me wrong, I like our new house here too.  It is beautiful!  It is very different than our other house in Illinois, which is hard.  I am so good at comparing what this house doesn't have that our house in Illinois had or wishing this house had something it had, etc.  You know the drill.  

Today, I was looking at the ceiling here & thinking about how often I don't look at it.  It is one of my favorite things here but I get so caught up in my day to day life that I overlook this beauty.  It made me wonder how often I do that in my daily life.  I get so caught up in what is going on around me that I miss what is above me.  How many times do I engrossed in wishing I had something else that I forget what I have?  How often do I forget to look up & thank God for all He has generously given me?  I encourage you, my friends, to look up today & be thankful!