I've Been Given What I Need

I have been sitting in my living room with the girls today, looking around at my house. At the moment there is a bunch of ponytail holders all over the couch, thank you Iyla, the couch pillows are lined up in front of the TV because they make an awesome gymnastics mat, thank you Bella, and Iyla is sitting in the middle of the room eating Bella's breakfast that was not finished and left on the counter. There are books on the floor that have been looked at for maybe 30 seconds and the morning newspaper has already been torn apart to find the funny pages. So why do you ask am I just sitting here looking at all of this, well, for one thing, I am exhausted! I am 38 weeks pregnant and boy do I feel like it! And for another thing, I am trying very hard to look passed the temporary mess to see beyond that. My kids are happy, my home is not dirty, just a tad messy, and I am one amazingly blessed lady.

I have been thinking about all the things I would like to have, I would like to have a serger, I would like to have a new porch for the front of the house, I would like to have a new, non leaking sink, in fact there are a lot of things that I would like... but I don't need them! All I need is right here in this messy living room. My girls are amazing! They make me laugh, they teach me daily about true love and compassion... and patience! I have a husband who means everything to me. Who works so hard for our family. Even after a long day at work he somehow has the energy to take up the slack for me with the end of this pregnancy looming.  I have a network of friends and family that are so supportive and I know love me as much as I love them. I have a home, a real home in which to raise my family in the faith of our choice. I live in a town that I feel we were lead to, that really needs us. I live in a country where I have more freedoms then anywhere in the planet and most importantly I belong to a Church that contains in it the eternal truths that will help me and my family to attain our goals here on earth and in the life to come. 

In comparison to all that a serger and an sink are nothing to all that I've been given. I've been given what I need. There is a song that I have been singing in my head all morning. It's from "The Forgotten Carols" here are the lyrics-

What I Need

All I ever wanted,


All I ever dreamed of,


Everything I hoped and all the things I prayed for


Couldn't hold a candle to what I've been given,


I've been given what I need.






A mansion on the hill or love like in the movies


Perfect little lives, where no one has a problem


Instead of all those things I thought I really wanted


I've been given what I need.






Even when I didn't understand,


When I thought you had no heart,


Thank you for rejecting my demand


And always giving me the better part.






All I ever wanted,


All I ever dreamed of,


Everything I hoped and all the things I prayed for


Couldn't hold a candle to what I've been given


I've been given what I need

 As we come into this season of huge change in our families lives with the arrival of our new bundle of cuteness, It's nice to look around this messy living room and not see the mess, but see the blessings.