The Uncapturable Moments

There are always transient moments in time that are so beautiful and true that they are impossible to capture. It's those instances that you just wish you could bottle and save for the times when life is not so easy. Things like summer sunsets where the sky is painted so radiantly that no camera can catch the vividness, or find those colors that no one has ever been able to paint. Mornings where you wake up to a blue sky, bluer than you think it's ever been before, and shining sun. Times where life seems completely at ease and comforting in every sense. Sitting against a warm "sorba" (heater-thing) in the middle of winter in a Romanian household. Laying under a blanket with pillows piled high, watching a movie with the boys. Sleeping in at a friends' and waking up laughing and then sitting down to enjoy a delicious brunch together. Cooking with Mama Maria early on a Friday morning. Communicating in "perfect" (not really) Romanian and the enjoyment of a fluid conversation in another language. Walks in the the coolness of a day when the sun shines just enough to warm the top of your head and your shoulders.
It's as if God gives us glimpses of what he meant life to be like. The perfection he had wanted for us all and the beauty he had hoped we could live in. And when I am struggling with life's minor difficulties, this is what I try to focus on. The fact that there is more. This is not it! Those "uncapturable moments" will eventually be what life is like. I will get there and God will bless us tremendously with unimaginable joy and that peace surpassing all understanding. That day will come. I can see it even in my ordinary, little life. Praise God for that.
All I need to do is trust in Him. Trust that this is true. Push on and know that "the best" awaits us all. God will bring us through.