First World Problems

Ok, so I hope anybody who tries to keep up with me through this blog also follows me on Facebook.  Because I've been pretty absent from here lately.  I'm not even gonna try to recap the last couple of months.  Church, tee ball, and birthdays pretty much sums it up! I did want to write about something that God revealed to me the other day, however.


It starts with this meme I saw on Pinterest a few months ago.

First World Problems

It really made me laugh at first, then hit me that it's so true. We think we have big problems over here in the US, (and we do), but most of our "problems" are just little inconveniences.  

Which leads me to an incident that happened the other day.  We were having people over and I was cleaning the kitchen.  I am the mother of a 1 year old.  Which means my floors are perpetually dirty.  I sweep all the time, but I hadn't been able to mop like I wanted to yet.  I have a Swiffer which I had been using, and a steam mop, which I hadn't yet found from the move.  The Swiffer works pretty well, but you have to really use some elbow grease sometimes.  My steam mop does all the work for me! This particular day, I had decided I was going to conquer the garage and find my steam mop. And I did! I was terribly excited about it, too.  So I fill it up with water, plug it in, pull the trigger, and...nada. Nothing happened. Something was wrong with my steam mop!!!!!!! I called Shaun, I guess just to let him know I was extremely frustrated.  He offered to try to fix it at lunch, but it really wasn't the time to tear it apart, not with guests coming over that night.  So I got off the phone, and, huffing and puffing, pulled out the ole Swiffer. As I started mopping, digging deep trying to get some of the stains up, I was not happy that instead of using my steam mop, I was forced to use my Swiffer.  Then it hit me. How spoiled am I? A few years ago when the Swiffer came out I rejoiced at the easy-ness of it. It made mopping so much easier! And now I'm complaining because I get to use it instead of an old fashioned mop and bucket.  How spoiled and ungrateful am I?! I immediately thanked the Lord for my Swiffer and continued to mop with gladness. I begged Him to let me remember this incident so that I'd be reminded to be thankful. 

So here's my addition to the First World Problems:

My steam mop is broken so I have to use the Swiffer.