Doors

Have you ever considered the purpose of a door? Yes, a door. You shut it to keep something out or perhaps something in. You open it to allow access either way. The door provides protection, security and privacy. The doorway is a through way into something new. How many times have you heard, God never closes one door without opening another. ? Of course that means "opportunity". Look at it just a little deeper, opportunities are really blessings. They really are God's way of taking care and showing His love for us. He blesses us with opportunities. So imagine your home without doors. What would  you be missing? How would it be incomplete? How many doors are there in  your home which you can walk through? (I am not going to include closets, rather just rooms and exterior access)  So here is my challenge, for every door you have, name a blessing. I have 13 doors in my home, 5 exterior and 8 interior room doors.

1. Relationship with the only God who provides absolute truth and a perfect way for an imperfect person to enter into heaven then offering that way to me through the death and resurrection of His son. AMEN!

2. My first born... a beautiful, funny, smart, strong-willed and insightful miracle of a daughter.

3. My second born... a smart, funny, handsome, easy going, creative, joy of a son.

4. A hardworking, smart, funny, confident husband who loves me completely just the way that I am.

5. Friends who provide me with laughter, a shoulder, an ear, their time, support, encouragement and love. Not to mention an occasional couch or bed on which to sleep :) 

6. Freedom and those who have fought to provide it for me and my family

7. A nice home in which to raise my children

8. Electricity and all it provides and affords to me..

9. Education and the ability to have paid for it myself

10. The experiences both positive and negative, as well as people in my life who have made me into the person I have become

11. Sunsets, stars and moonlight.. sunrise and sunshine

12. The opportunity and ability to get up and start over when life doesn't go as planned

13. Forgiveness.. both the ability to extend and receive it into my life.

These, like doors in my home, are things that I can't imagine my life without.