Make God the utmost delight and pleasure of your life,
and he will provide for you what you desire the most.
Give God the right to direct your life,
and as you trust him along the way
you’ll find he pulled it off perfectly!
He will appear as your righteousness,
as sure as the dawning of a new day.
He will manifest as your justice,
as sure and strong as the noonday sun. Psalm 34:4-6 TPT

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How many simple activities bring delight to a little one in your life? It may seem like a interruption to your busy schedule but they are creating a memory archive. It takes so little to cement a positive memory like the one I will share below.

Homemade Ice Cream

One of my strongest memories is eating homemade ice cream. We lived in Managua, Nicaragua where it was always hot and we had no air conditioning in our home or church. Dad would go get a block of ice and chip it with an ice pick. All the while, my Mom was mixing up the yummy ice cream in the kitchen. She would pour it into the metal cylinder. We would put the paddles and pack it with ice and start to turn. I was pretty small so I could turn it when it was easy, put salt on the ice and sit on the blanket at the end while my Dad finished turning it. To this day, nothing tastes quite the same.

I did buy an electric ice cream maker and the grandkids help me assemble a variety of flavors during the hot summer months. We also make our own popsicle flavors from juice.

Bubbles

I was thinking about bubbles the other day and how I kept a constant stock of bottles with a variety of wands and shapes so that we could always go outside and blow bubbles when I babysat my youngest grandsons on a more consistent basis. Classic fun – simple pleasure.

There are so many variations on any given theme that you can just go on and on.

I looked up bubbles on YouTube and found a ton of fun experiments you can do at home with bubbles. Spend more time having more fun and creating powerful memories of delight and pleasure.

Active Expressions of Love and Honor:

• Look through old pictures to see what caused greatest smiles and laughs
• Ask about strongest memories
• Stock up on supplies of bubbles, markers and paper items
• Document times together and enjoy them over and over
• Keep a notebook of their ideas for having fun and implement them
• Be on the lookout for surprising supplies at garage sales or the dollar store
• Replicate the best experiences and do a little MORE!

Prayer

Thank You, Lord, for the rediscovery of simple delights and pleasures. Open my heart to put all comparison to rest and simply enjoy being with those I love the most. I ask that they feel my full attention and presence because I delight in them. I am so grateful that with You, less is more. In Jesus’ Name. Amen

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Over the years, Karen Sebastian-Wirth has lovingly cared for her mother-in-love, mother, father and husband. She certainly has learned the lessons of hope in what can become a treacherous ride over some rough waters. You will enjoy her candid approach to self nurture and the practical ways to take care of yourself. Her new book The Power of Hope for Caregivers: Honor the Ride is now available on Amazon.

Author, speaker, corporate trainer, ordained minister and Hope Catalyst, Karen Sebastian enjoys sharing her rich life experiences with others – engaging them in adventurous discoveries of the beauty of hope in a dark, cloudy world. Her books will inspire you to embrace hope no matter what you are going through. To increase hope and improve relationships with yourself and those that you love, check out her Facebook page – The Power of Hope.