The Lord knows our names, the number of our days, and where we are to spend each one of them! Sometimes it seems He just gives us too few days to spend with someone dear to us. "The Lord is our Shepherd, we shall not want.....He guides us in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake." Psalm 23
I admit, I am a sentimental person. It's hard for me to part with people I love and care about and it is hard for me to let go, but I do and usually, it's finding something productive in my life that helps me to move forward and exclaim....."everything will be okay." Change is good for all of us in our lives. The ocean is a wonderful analogy of change......it is constantly moving and the tides and waves roll in and out and bring a freshness and a calmness that change can be beautiful if we take the time to stop and look and especially listen. It's almost soothing and can lead us in those paths of righteousness that David was speaking of in the 23rd Psalm. There is a renewal that accompanies change.
Change brings me to this picture.....someone needed a change and decided to part with this table! Can you believe it? My husband has an eye for vintage and antique furnishings that he knows I will bring back to life, of course with his help. When he first brought this table home, it was cracked across the top, two legs were broken and it looked like it had seen it's better days and where it would spend its future, discarded...... While furniture comes and goes......it seems it rarely does with us! We find something, and decide to try and make something beautiful out of it! Swedish furniture is often times painted and it seems that we have really been into painting furniture lately! Painting does cover the unsightly blemishes of something with a bit of age, plus it gives the piece depth and detail. This is exactly what we found with this table and every detail appeared as we painted it for the ultimate dinner table for entertaining. I've prepared the table for an early dinner with a wonderful friend. As you see, it doesn't have to be an elaborate production to be a beautiful evening. Something small and modest can be very nice. Yes, simple can be lovely. Entertain your family and friends for truly, we do not know how long they will be in our presence!
I leave you with a beautiful thought by Mother Teresa. "Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness."
