One Day at a Time

i almost didn't blog today because it was such an incredibly slow day at the office and absolutely nothing out of the ordinary happened (or so i thought).

some of you country music fans may be familiar with "whispering" bill anderson.  he is a singer but mostly song writer.  he is a patient at our office.  he is actually quite an ordinary guy.  he complains about the high cost of dental work just like all of our other patients. he came into the office today with his longtime girlfriend who had an appointment.  olivia had the priviledge of meeting him. i didn't really think much of it.

all i could focus on today was the fact that half of our patients forgot about their appointments and the other half remembered their appointments but needed to reschedule them to another day. i was too focused on the negative to realize how much meeting bill meant to olivia.

when we came home from work she was beaming and excited to tell michael (avery's boyfriend) that she was introduced to bill anderson.  michael is a country music fan so he was very interested in her story. olivia is normally very quiet so i know it must have been a huge deal for her to share her experience with someone.

in alot of ways i envy the fact that everything olivia is doing right now is new and exciting for her.  she is having so many first time experiences.

the moment i thought that and typed those words this scripture came to my mind -lamentations 3:22, 23 "because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.  they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness!"  i also experience something new everyday. it's God's great love and never failing compassion for me.