Finding Fault or Finding Fantastic
Published August 23, 2011NOTE: For those getting this post via email, I have no idea why yesterday’s lemon poppy seed cake recipe listed no poppy seeds. It showed up fine on the actual site, but not on the automatic emails that went out. So, yes….there are 1 1/2 tablespoons of poppy seeds in that yummy cake. Must be my computer had gremlins yesterday!
Finding Fault
This recent Facebook status of mine drew so many comments and over 100 “likes”. So, I thought I’d post it here to get your reaction.
“Answering Facebook messages while hearing a most wonderful sound drifting in from the family room—my husband doing a Bible study with our 16 year-old son. The man can’t remember to pick me up milk & eggs or what I said to him yesterday ….twice!!! However, he loves God & is so intentional to show our kids how to live for Him. I’ll take the forgetfulness. It is soooo cancelled out by his sincere faith.”
Ever focus on only the parts of a child, spouse or other neccesary person in your life that bug the living tar right out of you?
Susie is so late all the time.
Mike simply cannot make up his mind.
Kim is so shy, it embarrasses me.
When is Austin EVER gonna learn to keep his room picked up?
I am so guilty of looking at others’ faults with a ginormous magnifying glass, making them grow ever larger to the point where I choose to let them bother me.
And make me behave badly.
My faults, however? Oh, I’d need a high powered telescope to spot them since I think they are miniscule and so very, very hard to spot! (Yes, I know this is no where near true!)
How about today, instead of finding fault, let’s find fantastic?
Name a person in your life (you do not have to use their real name) and tell us one fantastic quality they have. Something you may overlook at times ’cause you are so stinkin’ focused on their faults.
Everyone is a unique blend of fault and fantastic.
Let’s hear some of the fantastic.
It just may make the faults harder to spot.
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My Family
My Husband…..he is a wonderful provider, and always has been!!!!
My son, Will, he is a wonderful and caring person with a very giving heart!
My husband, Buck, is a wonderful provider and lover of his family and children.
My daughter, Erika Jo, is spontaneous and carefree and creates a wonderful creative life through her imaginative play.
My mother-in-law, and father-in-law. The dreaded inlaws!! lol They sure do drive the tar out of me, but they are caring people, who would do anything for me, my husband, and my daughter.
My daughter – She is VERY outgoing. A real “people” person – totally opposite from me. She can always manage to make a friend wherever she goes (even standing in line at the grocery store) LOL
My son, Justin – He is so confident!
My son, Ryan – He is very studious!
My son, Camron – He is such a free spirit!
My husband, Rodney – He is incredible! A wonderful provider, father, and my best friend.
My husband is an amazing father-he jumps right into the dirty parts of parenting without a second thought (like potty training while I went to workout!)
My son Patrick works hard to overcome the troubles that life has handed him!
My son Nate has a great outgoing personality and is always willing to help!
I love this.
My husband-works so hard to provide for his family (he deserves to sleep in on Saturday)
My son-has a huge heart for worship (listening to him play/sing LOUDLY while I’m watching tv/reading is a gift)
My middle daughter-is passionate about looking good (I don’t mind helping her organize her closet)
My baby girl-has such a servant heart (I cannot allow my family to take advantage of her willingness to help)
my husband – he is loving and cares enough to show me affection even though I’m not wired that way and don’t show it back often enough
My younger sister — the only female I’ve ever had who would be there no matter what, and typically the only other person in my life that could identify with several of my situations 100% (then again, usually those were the ones she had to endure as well). God made us sisters because He knew we’d need each other.
Via email: My guy knows how turn anything into a positive. No matter how negatively I may view something, he knows how to turn it around. It is a wonderful trait to have and it is rubbing off on me!
My husband has never yelled at our kids in 20 years and has never yelled at me in 22 years. I came from a family of yellers and screamers. It is so nice to have peace and kindness in a home..
Also, when I used to complain about how small our house was or how used our cars were, etc, my husband always said, “Really? I think we are so rich.” He has seen true poverty and has taught me to see what we have not what we don’t have. I realize how when you are looking at what you don’t have, you are not grateful for what you do have and that surely makes our Lord sad since He blesses us so richly. Even if we only have eggs and toast for dinner, it is more than others are having tonight.
My firstborn, Andrei, is a sensitive caring boy who is a loving son and caring big brother. My youngest, Nickolas, who is so full of life and creativity that will motivate anyone to enjoy the life. My husband – a wonderful provider.
My daughter…Abby…has a very outgoing personality that charms the socks off most people and she remembers EVERYONE.
My sweet hubby has a wonderful way of calming me down when I get a little crazy! His favorite saying: “Go with the flow!”