04/16/2026
💕Life Lessons with Lily: Good Gifts💕
Over spring break I had this wild eye-opening experience about how God must see us—His creation.
We had planned several days of fun for Spring Break—exploring Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and Dollywood🦋
On Day 3 doing adventures, shopping, arcade, ice cream, etc., Lily melted down when she didn’t get what she wanted as her ticket reward at the arcade. She was ungrateful, complained and ended up making the afternoon pretty tough for all of us. So no riding the Ferris wheel and we wrapped up the day early. It made me sad for her that she would be missing out on some of the fun.
That same evening, I couldn’t stop thinking about how God has such beautiful, wonderful plans for us. He has prepared them just for each of us!
As humans, we often respond with such ungratefulness, complaining and end up ruining many of the incredible details He has in store because we are selfish, hasty, immature or fearful.
Becoming aware of this has made me think about how I respond to adventures, challenges and events. Life may not look like what we planned or would pick initially, but maybe God has designed it even more beautiful than we can imagine?!?
Kind of like how parents plan and desire SO much for their kids, yet often kiddos choose to respond in unexpected ways!! We still love them endlessly, but wish they could see it bigger and how beautiful the outcome could be🤩
Let me be real, our Lily girl is precious and amazing and I realize she’s still a kid about to turn 6 and this was her very first Spring Break💕 We have to have realistic expectations for our kids too, but I couldn’t miss the chance to share this experience I had while away last week!
“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.”
~James 1:17