Been thinking today about things we share with the facebook world.
If i were to share some of my "facebook worthy" happenings today they might include the 4 points my son scored at his basketball game. but what you wouldn't see would be the 4 hours this afternoon he spent sulking because his team lost. you wouldn't see the other 40 games where he hasn't even touched the ball. you wouldn't see how his mama worried about him when he was sad and wouldn't eat and how it drove me crazy that he wouldn't talk to me because I'm a fixer and i couldn't fix it.
i might post about the "greatest showman" themed cake my husband made for our daughter's birthday. i might even show you a picture. but you wouldn't see all the dirty dishes or how much he stressed about getting it just right.
i might tell you that we finally went to see the greatest showman and left the theatre with a true feel good. what you wouldn't hear about would be how that good feeling disappeared the moment the first negative comment was made in the car and i took it way too personal. or how this mama is flat out exhausted with parenting and didn't want to talk to anyone in the restaurant at dinner afterwards. or how our kids started arguing the moment we sat down over the rights to the gaming device at the chili's table. or how we fought over who would get a kids cup or an adult cup. or how i was praying in the middle of chili's for the Lord to give me joy enough to enjoy my family. or how my husband sensed my irritability and still found a way to make us all smile by making paper airplanes and witty dad jokes at the table.
i might tell you about how proud i am of my 11 year old birthday girl. but what you wouldn't see would be the 11,000,000 moments that have created that pride. the hard ones and the happy ones. and the simple ones like watching my family laugh their heads off playing a game of Hungry Hippos in the living room floor even though they're all way too old for it.
my hope and prayer is that as i share my life with others, i will share not just the overwhelming evidence of His grace in my life, but also my great need for it.
