Validation

I confess that it feels really good to have human validation once in a while. Sometimes we mommies that stay at home don't get a whole lot of it from the little people in our lives, and frankly sometimes our husbands forget to do it unless we fish for it. Well yesterday and today a few things happened that made me feel happy. The first happened yesterday when my middle aged neighbor came over to ask my advice about her daughter dating and what I thought about interracial marriage. She has a teenage daughter that sometimes babysits for us and it made me feel special that she would ask my advice, and really appreciated my take on things. Validation number 2 came by way of my sil Sandi. (hi Sandi) She needed help scanning some stuff and emailing with attachments, I had just happened to learn those things this week so I was able to pass it on. It made me feel good to know something and share it with someone who needed it. Validation number three happened this afternoon when a friend far away needed some solid advice, and a bit of comfort that I was able to provide. I don't share this to brag, I mention it only because I needed a little boost these past few days, and the good Lord sent me just what I needed. God has absolutely given me what I need to live a peaceful, content, joyful life, and he is enough, but he also knows how much the body really needs each other, so by God fulfilling me I was able to fulfill others, which allowed me to be fulfilled once again. I'm thankful to God for noticing all the little ins and outs of my life, and satisfying all the little longings of my soul. I didn't ask to be validated today, he just noticed that I needed a little pick me up, and sent it right along. There were times in my life that I demanded validation from those around me, it never worked out the way I wanted it too, because I thought of it as my right to be validated and affirmed, but as God teaches me to rely on him and be content I've noticed that I don't need this affirmation all the time, I rarely feel taken advantage of or feel unloved. Mostly I just feel thankful to God for allowing me to be used in someone else's life, even the small things, there is nothing insignificant about us in God's eyes.