Thumbs Up!

The other night my hubby and I were on our way home and we were talking about seeing a dear friend at the THRIVE conference (If you are able to go to one, PLEASE DO! THEY ARE MOST AWESOMELY VERY ENCOURAGING!!!). This friend was saying that he needed to meet with my hubby becasue my hubby's moustache is almost as white as his.  My hubby was wondering why his hair wasn't streaked white like his moustache.

I told him that his moustache is right in front of his face so he could see it much better when he looks in the mirror...and I showed him how this would be: He sees his moustache, but when he turns his head to the side to see the color of his hair, his eyes are limited to the rest of his head...so he can't see the sides or the back. "I can't see the back of my head!!" I said.

He laughed and said that he's thinking about shaving his head, as he ran his hands through his hair, focusing on driving.

"I love my great big hairy thumb," I said.

He laughed again, this time smiling.

"You know sweetheart," I continued, "with all the fingers on the hand, God's created only one thumb.  It's a leader.  It can easily touch all the fingers lives, where the other fingers have to have to twist and bend in ways that aren't exactly natural to them."

"Two thumbs up!" He said.

"Yes, and together the hands lifted up give God praise!"

In the same way, at times, my "vision" of myself gets distorted....my eyes can't see the whole picture.  But I praise God that He's created us uniquely to encourage each other: some to be toes, some to be belly buttons, some to be ears, some to be mouths, some to be knees, some to be noses....and some to be thumbs.