What A Cathedral
Indeed.
Writing five blogs from the breezeway in Cinderella Castle at Disney’s Magic Kingdom.
Completely humbled.
And grateful.
The sun has not yet come up, but is on it’s way.
Being in the Magic Kingdom before sunrise is an incredible experience.
Am I in Heaven?
Seriously?
Why be thankful?
Why not?
Why not be thankful? I mean, for everything.
Today, Good Friday, of all days, we have a great opportunity to be thankful.
In fact, maybe we could even try to look at everyday as Good Friday.
Perhaps these three men already do:
Three Wise Men (April 1, 2010)
A couple days ago, while sitting in Church with my Family, I got teary-eyed three separate times in less than an hour.
Why? Where you sad?
Nope. Happy.
Happy?
Yes. And thankful.
If I have to explain this to you, chances are, you won’t understand.
However, if you don’t understand but would like to, simply scroll down and read yesterday’s blog post.
jeff noel, blogger, average guy, Father, Husband, teacher, is blessed and stressed after yesterday.
Blessed because I am all those things.
Stressed because I am not all those things.
Yes, my wife and I conducted an excellent Children’s Liturgy of the Word yesterday. Yet stressed, because at the afternoon birthday party, I realized there is a long way to go with helping our son work through his competitive nature.
He actually has a gift. We all do, don’t we?
Some us simply need help unwrapping it. Now, where did I put those scissors.
Just when you think you know it all, you can quickly be reminded what a pathetic thought that is.
I was writing for an hour this morning before it hit me.
One-hundred days. Remember yesterday’s post? Blah, blah, blah, right?
Well, how quickly I can falter.
So a few minutes ago, upon realizing, even after 100 days, I didn’t do what I was so full of yesterday, I went to the foot of our bed and got down on my knees.
Don’t know where I’d be without forgiveness. Seriously.
It’s better than anything in our medicine cabinet.
Have a GREAT day. It’s up to you. Carpe diem, jeff noel :)
PS. Take two aspirin and call me in the morning……. or, just get down on your knees and forgive yourself.
July 4 – Blessed beyond measure.
When you really stop and think about what this day stands for, what sacrifices have been made, and the delicate balance the future holds for it, you could almost drop to your knees and thank God there are people who put their lives on the line every single day to protect what is such a blessing.
We are indeed blessed beyond measure. Today is an official reminder of that.
Carpe diem, jeff noel 
This past week, I’ve had a heightened sense of awareness of how lucky I feel, for a variety of reasons.
I will even go as far as to say I feel blessed beyond measure.
Why do I feel this way?
Because I carved out some time to reflect on a couple of serious challenges that I faced this week.
I hope you have a great weekend and that you find a little time for yourself.
If you do, you might also come to realize your fantastic blessings.
Carpe diem, jeff noel :)
PS. Jeremy Camp has a CD entitled “Beyond Measure”. Here’s one of his songs, “There Will Be a Day“, from You Tube:
Songs like this remind me of the blessing a simple promise holds. Carpe diem, jeff noel