It was very quiet in our house for a few days last week.
No, the children weren’t sick or playing outside for hours on end.
I was without a voice. Reduced to a whisper (or a hoarse croak which sounded so awful that my family begged me not to talk at all), I realized how much I take for granted the ability to communicate through the spoken word. There was no calling the whole family to breakfast; I had to find each person and tell them it was time to eat. Thoughts would tumble into my head, but it was too much of an effort to try to squeak them out.
I realized that my voice is one of those things I didn’t truly appreciate until it was gone. I’m grateful that it’s back and that I have the ability, once again, to speak to others. It also gave me cause to pause and think – since God’s given me this voice, do I use it in a way that’s pleasing to Him?
What seemingly small, perhaps often overlooked, yet very useful thing might you be thankful for today?
Thank you Tracey for making me pause a moment, and just be thankful!
Thank you God, for mine and my families health, our home, and the gift of allowing me to be a homemaker. Thank you for Tracey's voice, and this post.
Amen
I'm glad you're feeling better. Thank you for sharing. You have just inspired a few posts in my mind this very moment. 🙂
Have a great day, and enjoy your voice!
Jennifer
Jennifer,
Thank you for sharing your prayer of gratitude! I'm happy to be speaking almost normally today!
hoping you feel better soon!
Mrs. Stam,
Thank you! This virus has been sticking with me for awhile, but I sincerely hope it goes on its way soon!
I hope you feel better soon! Being without a voice would be so difficult. I really cherish my vision- when I have my glasses on, that is. 🙂 Every once in awhile I wake up in the middle of the night and can't read the numbers on the alarm clock just a few feet away. It's so frustrating not being able to see.
Hope you have a great day!
Erin
It's Grace
I almost forgot, I wanted to remind and invite you to join me for Mama's Heart tomorrow on my blog, itsgrace.com
Take care,
Erin
I'm missing my mobility these days. With the snow and cold and ice I'm home bound almost all week. It makes me grateful for the seasons where I can go to town and visit friends face to face.
Grace,
While I am blessed to still have good vision, both of my daughters and my husband wear glasses. I sometimes forget how difficult it is for my girls to see things in the distance if they don't have their glasses on!
Thanks for the reminder about Mama's Heart tomorrow!
Country Gal,
I can identify with that – though not to the degree that you're experiencing it!
When we were visiting my family in Virginia over the Christmas holidays, we were snowed in for a day. It was actually nice, in that instance, just to be able to spend time with them since we don't see them that often, but by the second day, we were all ready to go somewhere!! I can't imagine being home bound for days on end.
Trusting that you'll get to be out and about before too long!
I'm thankful for health right now. The stomach flu is going through our family now. It started with the baby, and now my toddler has it, and I just hope (and PRAY) that I don't get it.
Nikki,
Oh, my! So hoping you don't get it as well!! Keep washing those hands, girl (as I'm sure you are! 🙂
You may try Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa (ninjiom-hk.cwahi.net). i know a lot of people use it, its also non alcoholic, though it's effectiveness is not as good as alcohol based cough medicine, but it's still good to use on not so serious scratchy throat.
apprently ( according to the instruction) children from 2 to 12 can use it.
Tracey,
I just sent you an email and was hoping you were feeling better by now!! Praying for you!
Also, I'm thankful for clean water to drink and use! How hard would life be without it??
Blessings to you,
Katie
I'm thankful to be able to breath through my nose today! 🙂 I had a cold for a week that made me feel cruddy. You're right, though, it is so easy to take the little things for granted!
Raise Them Up,
I'm glad you're able to breathe better today, too! 🙂 It was amazing that for as long as I was without a voice, I never really felt that sick.
I surely hope you are on the mend!
I'm sorry to hear you've been unwell – praying you feel much better soon. I think the Lord gives us these trials to make us more thankful and to help us learn more ways to glorify Him for even the seemingly small things!
I'm thankful for energy, being able to hear and cool weather. I've been going through troubles with fatigue and hearing difficulties intermittently for years, and the weather has been horribly hot and humid this week… God is good and our bodies are amazing and we take Him and His creation for granted a lot – although we often don't realise it, do we?
Clara,
Thank you – I'm actually almost back to a normal voice today! This was quite a long-lasting virus, but I'm thankful that I didn't feel any worse than I did.
Yes, I'm afraid I certainly take too much for granted when it comes to this body God has given me. It's when it's not functioning in a way we're used to that we realize all for which we should be grateful.
I hope you get a break from the hot, humid weather soon!!
How often we neglect to thank Him for things that we often take for granted! I started to lose my voice but just ended up sounding lower (I think I might have been able to sing bass). LOL! I'm so thankful for having a warm home during the coldest days in winter. I'm not much for cold weather.