Even Today....

I have had a rotten headache for a couple of days which consequently turned into one of those much dreaded migraines...it is just now going.  Could it be that even on a day like this there are tender mercies...

Well Of Course There Were!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

* I am so grateful for medication...that even though it takes time to work and sometimes takes several tablets, how amazingly blessed we are that we live in a world with medication :-)

* It made me reflect on how blessed I am to live in a country with the NHS - where we can see a Doctor, visit a hospital and recieve treatment no matter the size of our bank account.  The NHS and this country are far from perfect but this is an enormous blessing as is the freedom we have to live as we wish :-)

* Today not being at work and lying down a lot I had time to think and ponder...I love those quiet moments when you really can just think and mediatate on life, God and everything in between.  Today my thoughts were on how blessed I am.  I have a Father in Heaven and Saviour who love me and have endless patience (thank goodness!!!).  I am grateful for the strength to make some recent but very needed changes of perception and priorities in life which are giving me a greater relationship with them and much happiness :-)  :-)  :-)

* Gratitude for a chance over the last few days to work on a service project...lots of colouring and crafitness involved.  Oh how jolly!!!

* Happy that when Mum got out the Christmas decorations and tree from the cupboard where it has been stashed for 12 months I discovered some of my missing craft items!!!  Ooh that will get the creative juices going.

* Thankful for inspiration on my Sunday School lesson this week which teaches me much more than I am sure I manage to teach my students!  I have really enjoyed studying Revelations this week.I am so thankful for the scriptures.  Oh and in my ponderings I realised I am a bit behind on my goal to finish the Book of Mormon by the end of the year (I keep getting pulled away by The Peacegiver and Believing Christ as well as my Sunday School readings!)...so I have to read 8 or 9 pages a day now this month to finish my goal.  How exciting, I can lose myself in the BOM every day!  Yay!!!

* So pleased to have my lovely cats Toffee and Fudge - big bundles of joy who make me laugh and give me cuddles.

Today was not as I planned and not as I would choose but I cannot deny the tender mercies, they just keep on coming :-)

xxx