Smile!

So today, I began a quest to find my dining room table. I was quite sure it had been stolen, and replaced with a pile of clean laundry, mail and books. But a glimmer of hope occurred as I began to go through those things. I actually saw a piece of the brown wood that makes up the top! Yay for me! One of the items I came across was a small book that one of my children must have brought home from church, and put on that table. On the front is a "Smiley Face" with the words "Smile, Jesus Loves You" written around it.

Sometimes, it can be really tough to find something to smile about. Days can be overwhelming with tasks that seem so large that I don't know how I will manage them. I can look around and see all the "work" and quickly begin to feel defeated. Behavior and character issues with my children can threaten to overtake my emotions to the point that I have nothing left to give. My shortcomings in tasks that should just come "naturally" to me as a wife and mom can paralyze me.

But then, there is Jesus, just loving me. Above all else, Jesus loves me. He loves me through the tough and the easy. He loves me even when I don't feel lovable.

And that is something to smile about! So friends, today, remember that Jesus loves you! And smile! :)