Go Fly a Kite

Its funny where my thoughts take me some days. Watching the kids and hearing little snips of conversations here and there can send me on a road trip through my mind! I can't believe how often something they have said teaches me or reminds me of an important lesson learned but nearly forgotten. Shouldn't it be the other way around?
Yesterday, sun shining, it really did look like it could be 70 degrees. Isaac said, "How warm does is have to be to go to the beach?" Some wise sage said, "about 80." Isaac said, "I'll go check the temperature!"
I had to laugh. I think he was ready to pack his floaties and grab his buckets and shovels. (Or ask me to get new ones because I have no idea where they are). He had the expectation that it COULD BE 80 degrees.
After seeing that instead of balmy, it was a chilling 50 ish, the idea of going to the beach was put on the back burner and instead, they put jackets on and disappeared to go fly kites. The house got quiet and I started to think. - God save us :)
I started to think about how often I would be better served with that kind of expectation. I would like to more days than not wake-up with the full expectation that God is going to do something marvelous today . . . . have the realization that he DOES and the determination to recognize it.
. . . . after all, did He or did He not start my leaf blower on the first try on Tuesday when I prayed "Dear Lord. PLEASE let my leaf blower start!" God did it. ;) I know He did. Because with him as my witness, that blower has never started before without at least 15 tries!
. . . . . and did He or did He not let a $1.50 bill show up in the mail without a late fee THE DAY I prayed, "I can't find it. I have no info. It will have a late fee before they ever send me another one." Coincidences? I don't think so. And what good does it do me to think they are? I am convinced that God has a sense of humor at times. Those small miracles to anyone but me might sound unconvincing. But I know that I know that I know that He takes the time to "poke me" from time to time and just wink and smile.
And will things occasionally not turn out the way we had hoped? Yes. Will my leaf blower not from this day forward start on the first try always? Yes. Well, probably. But I have expectation . . . I really do. And I'm watching. I hope you are watching too. And instead of getting disappointed over the little things, instead of being bummed that it is not 80 degrees, if the wind is blowing, maybe the best advice I would have to give, to borrow a phrase, would be to "go fly a kite."