Perspective

Today I have had a really rough day - Landon still isn't quite back to his normal self and then to top it all off, he woke up with his eye almost swollen shut and so I took him to the clinic and found out he has an eye infection.  I was feeling pretty frustrated this afternoon and then I received an email from my sister, Karalee, in Australia.  She was asking for prayer for the family of their really close friends.  Their friends, have a 3 year old niece who was diagnosed with leukemia a while ago.  Today she took a turn for the worse, her kidneys shut down and the doctors told them there wouldn't be much time.  I read the email with tears in my eyes and thought about how small the things we are dealing with were.  I can't even imagine having a child that sick.  Then, this evening I called Kare and as we were chatting, Kare got the news that this little girl had just passed away.  The parents of this little girl are not Christians, but all of the extended family are.  I cried on my couch after hearing the news, feeling a sense of disbelief and asking "WHY?".  It doesn't make sense, but it sure put into perspective my life and how what we are dealing with is so small in comparison and I found myself thanking God for our health and for my son, even though I felt frustrated and impatient a lot today.  So...remember to thank God for what you have and that even in the moments where you are frustrated and done, it is such a small thing in the big picture of life.  And remember the family of little Charlie in your prayers this week, as they now have to do the unthinkable in burying their 3 year old daughter.