08/02/2024
We weren’t speaking to each other. Not after the silly little spat we had about who knows what. My husband and I minded to small chores around the house (me) and in the backyard (him) in order to avoid having to be in each other’s presence. After a few minutes of picking up dirty socks, crumbs off the floor, blocks and unclothed baby dolls, my husband exploded into the room I was in with a huge smile on his face. Confused, I looked at him with my still-upset-with-you, furrowed eyebrows and locked eyes onto the object in his outstretched hand. “It’s a blue egg! They finally gave us a blue egg!” he excitedly exclaimed and rushed over to my side to let me have a feel for it. I inspected it as if the claim of a blue egg needed another review and then proceeded to jump around with the egg in my hand, squealing through my teeth so as not to wake the babies. If you’d seen us through the window, you would’ve thought we’d won the lottery. And when I think about it more and more, we kind of did. Not entirely because of the debut appearance of a beautiful blue egg from one of our backyard chickens - although, yes, a very euphoric moment indeed. But mostly because I realized my husband and I, in that moment with the blue egg, chose to step into a process of forgiveness over building walls of offense. Whatever was left brewing between us quickly grew cold because we decided to grab hold of the joy gifted to us in the form of a blue chicken egg. And as I go deeper in thought, the opportunity to make amends with each other might’ve never presented itself had we not been intentional with breed selection based on egg color. In other words, being purposeful with our backyard chicken project seeded the saving grace we needed in a time of trouble.
LIVING INTENTIONALLY IS A SEED THAT SPROUTS AND VINES WHOLEHEARTEDLY FOR THE GOOD OF US.
Truly. I’ve experienced it and my blue-egg chicken story above is a testament to that. Be encouraged and look for opportunities to to lay seeds of intentional living in your own life. It will do you and your home good!
“Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity…” Ephesians 5:15-16
