The Sweetest Thing...

Today, one of my little girls was so distressed after falling on the playground and breaking her headband (you know, those hard plastic kind you used to wear to hold your hair back?)... Anyway, she was crying and overall just melting down. I asked her, "sweetie, why are you so sad about your headband?" She replied, "It costs a lot of money and my mommy is going to be really mad at me!" I told her that I would talk to her mommy, explain the accident and that I'm sure she would understand. Well, let me tell you, 1st grade little girls are drama queens! The rest of the afternoon she moped and exhaled and was torturing herself over this silly broken headband! I talked to her about it again, reassuring her that her mommy would never be mad at such a thing! She reached up, pulled me close and said, "Thank you, Ms. R. I can always count on you!" And with the biggest smile, she skipped away.

I read a devotional today on how we allow circumstances to dictate so much of our emotions for our day. When, what we should do, is keep our eyes on our Master...He is always there, comforting, providing, encouraging, guiding and dealing. All this so we don't have to. Just like little N can "count on me" to handle her "problem", to reassure her, to protect her...I need to look no further than up. So today was just a nice little reminder that I can "count on Him"--no matter how big or small the drama is for the day!