{"id":4727,"date":"2010-07-27T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T17:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2010\/07\/keeping-it-in-perspective.html"},"modified":"2010-07-27T17:44:00","modified_gmt":"2010-07-27T17:44:00","slug":"keeping-it-in-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2010\/07\/keeping-it-in-perspective.html","title":{"rendered":"Keeping it in perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Life with a one year old sometimes reminds me of this:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Even though we have three grown boys, the addition of a new Griffey has added some long forgotten twists on the scheduling of life. Of course he came around after we became Catholic \u2013 no doubt cosmic coincidence. <\/span><\/div>\n
Still, despite having left my vocational career at the dawn of the worst economic spiral since the Great Depression, and despite the sudden gift of our latest child, we\u2019re still here. It\u2019s easy to fuss and gripe when things go sour, and I must admit I wouldn\u2019t mind some stability. Yet, God is good. We\u2019re here. Against all odds, and with the help, guidance, and prayers of many, despite leaving everything on the eve of our great, global economic train wreck, we\u2019ve lost very little. So God is good. Even our most precious baby, with three great boys to help show him the ropes, has done nothing so much as bring a bright ray of joy to our lives when you\u2019d think it would have been a burden. <\/span><\/div>\n
But that\u2019s the way of God I suppose. It may not always seem easy, or make sense. Doing everything in the world to avoid a kid, staying put even if your heart and mind are restlessly pulled to something else you believe is true, staying where the money is and putting the best spin on compromise of beliefs \u2013 those all make sense. And few juries would have convicted us for doing any of these things. Especially in 21st century America.<\/span><\/div>\n
But we didn\u2019t, we followed our consciences, we left it all, jumped through hoops, have been surprised by the joy, received the blessings of life in the Sacraments of the Church, and continue to reap blessing after blessing from our four wonderful boys that we wouldn\u2019t give up for all the world\u2019s promises. <\/span><\/div>\n
So next time I feel like:<\/span><\/div>\n

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I\u2019ll just remember what I have, all that God has given, and to trust God no matter how counterintuitive it may seem. Which is a very Christian, dare I say Catholic, thing to do. Because down the road, even if it\u2019s through trials and tribulations, thorns and thistles, the reward more than makes up for it \u2013 as these mere hints of our future prize attest.<\/span><\/p>\n

So with that said, it\u2019s time to go have dinner, relax, and enjoy those little blessings from God. Till tomorrow.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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