Ok. I really can't believe it's been a month and a half since I did this. Life is busy. I thought it would be less busy with Dan around a little more, but of course the opposite is true. Life is full and busy and really, I have much to be thankful for.
Since I last wrote we also got a new puppy. That has definately added many minutes/hours to my days... though I have to say he really is great! We don't love our mornings so much as he is so hyper then. But he is finally getting into the groove of family life, which is pretty good considering he is only 11 wks tomorrow.
A couple of weeks ago we had our Women's Leadership Retreat. It was really great for me. I was looking forward to it, but it also was another 24 hours away from home and I didn't feel like I had the time for it. We had a fantastic prayer time and when the women gathered around to pray for me I asked them to pray for me to live in the here and now. We read a book that called it "nowhere". It's either No where or the Now here, depending on where you break the word up.
I am still struggeling with it. God does give peace when we ask for it though and that is what I want from him. His peace, in family life, in marriage, in my work, in Dan's work. But I want to live in each moment... to enjoy the 2 minute snuggle with my snotty nosed little boy, to enjoy a happy loud dinner with the family, to be in each second of "hanging with Dan or my friends". Life will be far too short if I haven't really lived it because I've been thinking (worrying) about the future.... that may not even happen.
The other thing I just learned is the fact that today... right now.... this is my only opportunity to "live abundantly". Isn't that cool. If it's a living thing it can't happen in the past and it can't happen somewhere in the future. It's only available right now.... Moment by moment.... and that's what I really want to live abundantly!
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