“For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” ~ 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 CEB
January 1, 2024
Our children, their spouses and our grandchildren joined us for a week in Hawaii, on the island of Maui, to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary.
Our older son, Seth, asked our youngest granddaughter, Marie-Hélène what her favorite and worst parts of the trip were. Her worst part was that there was whipped cream in her hot chocolate at breakfast on the final day of her vacation. Not the two days on airplanes; or the four hours in the car driving on the backside of Maui; or the three hours in the car driving to the top of Haleakala at 10,000 feet above sea level. But whipped cream when she expected marshmallows.
I was all-too-glad to remedy the problem by skimming the whipped cream from the top of her hot chocolate into my mouth.
Marie-Hélène’s perspective reminds me of how easy it is to be caught up in the moment, whether pleasurable or painful and miss the bigger picture.
Paul reminds us in 2 Corinthians to fix our minds on what is eternal, rather than on our momentary troubles. It’s a timely reminder at the beginning of a new year. The next time I’m troubled, I’m going to remember whipped cream on hot chocolate for some perspective.
Anne
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