Sometimes, you just have to give credit where's it's due.
I'm not an overtly religious person. I have faith and beliefs, but I don't wear them on my shirtsleeve for all to see. I'm comfortable in my relationship with God, and don't understand the aversion some people feel when His name is mentioned conversationally. Shhhh, they say, that's for church.
Nope.
I've led a sometime chaotic life. I can think of 7 distinct instances where I should have reached the end of my road, but I didn't. In fact not only did I NOT reach the end of my road, but I came away virtually unscathed. I was being watched over.
As if that wasn't enough to cement my faith, there are little miracles daily. What some would call coincidences, but I know better. Because my beliefs tell me it's so.
If you have a conversation with your husband and tell him your favorite flower is a white rose, and then he brings you one, that's not coincidence is it? Likewise, if you have a conversation with God mulling over options and possibilities and ways to solve challenges, and then the solution is handed to you, that's not a coincidence.
It's a little miracle. A gift from One who loves you enough to listen.
And as with any relationship, sometimes in my haste I don't listen, and make a wrong turn. But wrong turns don't end solid relationships, they merely strengthen them. So I apologize for not listening, and receive a solution that will me put back on the right path.
I like that He is watching over me. And I like the daily reminders that He is there by my side. It's a solid relationship built on faith, trust, and love. And forgiveness when I take those wrong turns.
Tomorrow is Easter. I don't know how the holiest day on the Christian calendar became a day of bunnies, candy and egg hunts, but it doesn't matter to me how other people choose to celebrate the day.
I may even eat a chocolate bunny or two.
But before I do, I'll thank the One that watches over me for all of the little daily miracles He performs to keep me on the right path.
