These Are a Few of My Favorite Things

Oldest grandboy as "Professor Gabriel"

"And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing: Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable, and right, and pure and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise." (Phil. 4:8)

We traveled to the brrr-willy midwest this past weekend to visit kids and grands, and these were a few of my favorite things: 

• Sitting around the table in a warm kitchen playing Skip-Bo with the grands and watching the snow fall
• With a fire in the fireplace, snuggling under blankets with the grands watching Polar Express and eating two huge bowls of popcorn
• Attending church with our kids and grands, watching them light the Advent candle, listening to our nine-year-old grandgirl read Scripture to the congregation, watching our eleven-year-old grandboy play the part of Professor Gabriel and sing his first solo, and watching the seven-year-old grandboy sing his heart out with all the hand motions.

So, beloved, the next time the dog bites, the bee stings, or you're feeling sad, simply remember the true, the honorable, the right, the pure, the lovely, the admirable, the excellent and worthy-of-praise things, and then you won't feel so bad!