Omigod I love this SHOW.
How beautiful that nobody can convince Zeek to have the surgery, but then when he hears from his granddaughter that she's pregnant, that is what makes him want to live longer. And all she needed was someone to encourage her and be happy for her, and Zeek was that person. They were both exactly what they needed to be for each other, just by being themselves.
Gosh, so much of our lives we spend trying to take control of things: fix other people, fix ourselves, fix our circumstances, when really when we just get our eyes off all that and be fully present as ourselves in our situations, that might actually be what's the best thing to propel us and others forward into our God-given purposes.
And it's funny that we could do that even in our messed-up selves. Maybe we got pregnant in a way that's not ideal. Maybe our health's been bad and we're suffering the consequences of that now. We all have issues, none of us is perfect, and yet we can still be used to love and help one another if we can just settle into the moments we've been given.
Life is made up of beautiful moments. We don't have to have a perfect family like the Braverman's to realize God has given us people to listen to and share with, and He places these people in our lives at exact, specific times, and it is such a beautiful thing once we really begin to embrace it. So take the time today to look around at who's around you: ask them how they are, share with them about you, really connect, and watch what can happen when we start living life for more than just ourselves.
