When Life Gives You Lemons
April 18, 2018 Last week sucked. I know some people don't like that word, but then I didn't like last week either so I needed an appropriate descriptive word. To combat the stress, I found myself outside more, craving the wind in my hair and the birds singing their sweet songs of joy in my ears. Being outside is paramount, as I have found over the years that this is how God communicates his love to me. He sends flowers to brighten my day and mixes his palette of colors in the rays of the rising sun. Occasionally he even sends hidden mercy blessings that some might called coincidences. To me, these things just show God can't always control who gets lemons,AKA "bad circumstances", but I have discovered he is a particularly wonderful connoisseur of lemonade. My work week had been trying, going from one room saving a mom and baby from a rapid-fire abruption type labor, to the solemn room down the hall of loss. Cheering one family on, while...