Johnny Appleseed

Oh, the Lord's been good to me.
And so I thank the Lord
For giving me the things I need:
The sun, the rain and the appleseed;
Oh, the Lord's been good to me.

-The Johnny Appleseed Song

This was the song that I used to sing for grace before my apple juice and graham crackers in the church nursery and later in preschool. For some reason I remember those graham crackers tasting better than any other ones I’ve had elsewhere, but that is besides the point. The song popped into my head today after I realized that I once again was in a bad mood, most likely feeling sorry for myself, and needed an attitude change. Funny how those days tend to coincide with the days where I choose to sleep in rather than work out, which leads to me sleeping in later than planned and having to rush through my morning prayer time, if I actually get up in time to have a prayer time. If only my work out partner (who will remain nameless, but who’s name starts with a J and ends with an O-R-D-A-N), and I weren’t so good at convincing one another that we should go back to bed and sleep some days. Okay, so it’s not really Jordan’s fault that I don’t get in a good prayer time, but it’s
so much easier to lay the blame on someone else besides myself. The point is that when I don’t start the day by spending time, quality time that is, with God, it’s usually not a great day for me. Back to the song, I started singing it while thinking of the things I have to be thankful about. As I thanked God for different things my attitude did start to change. Once again I learned a lesson about being thankful in all circumstances.