On days like this...

I overslept this morning.

I stepped outside to see a dark blue sky with gray wispy clouds, and I thanked God for another day from Him; all the while wishing I had the extra time to run back into the house and grab my camera to capture the moment.

A child got a black eye on my shift.

I "played" tug-a-war with a little girl who refused to give up her toy when I told her to.

I had a splitting headache and was exhausted.

Despite the frigid weather, I squinted from the direct sunlight as I drove home on my lunch.

I came home checked my email and discovered a wonderfully encouraging and wise letter from my Daddy.  I read it once.  I read it twice.  And then I read it again.

I realized something...that even on days like this when everything does not go the way Nicole wants that I am encouraged and all the better because of the family the Lord has blessed me with.

And so it is that on days like this God reminds me that He takes thought of me and He used my amazing Father to show me that!