Daily 5 - Day 20

Today's daily 5:

1. Finishing a book (Julie and Julia)
   
2. A dream that unsettled, but also taught me about myself
3. The remembrance of words my friend J. spoke over me, telling me that God knew the desires and needs of my heart, and would provide, and seeing that happen a bit in the midst of this morning's dream.
4. dinner with a friend
5. The challenge of doing something new at work today - checking references. Adding experience to my resume, and learning a new thing.
   

An argument for community?

The quote for the day on the calendar that sits on my office desk:

"Learn to let others do their share of the work. Things may be done less well, but you will have more peace of soul and health of body. And what temporal interest should we not sacrifice in order to gain these blessings?" (Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne)

More peace of soul and health of body, huh? Sounds like a good argument for a life lived in community, relying and depending on others, and not just oneself...

Monday Morning Dreams...

It was another quite restless night.

I had a wild and crazy dream experience just before waking this morning. Not one I'll say a lot about, but one that hit me deeply.

A conversation that both raised and answered different questions.

Questions about who I am, and the strength within me.

Questions about relationships and toxicity.

Have I mentioned recently that I could really use a friend gifted in interpreting dreams?

Or that the last week has left me stunned in the various ways that God has spoken.

My insides are a confusing muddle just presently.

It sounds bad when I put it like that.

I'm actually doing significantly better than I have been in months.

I'm just feeling a bit spun around by the intensity of this current season of God speaking in my life.

I think, in the grand scheme of things, this is the kind of overwhelmed that I want to be feeling.

The kind where Jesus is deeply present, and overwhelming is somehow accompanied with peace.

Daily 5 - Day 19

Image by Darren Hester via Flickr

Today was a lovely day, filled with some moments that I will hold deeply precious within me for a while, though perhaps I'll eventually share.

In the meantime, here's today's daily 5:

1. the joy and laughter of children on the amusement park rides (that I was also riding!) at Heritage Park today
2. a big bag of really sweet, fresh green grapes, purchased at a very affordable price at the Harvest Sale
3. an incredible, God-ordained moment on another cemetery tour
4. finding just the right spot (while praying) to sit by the creek in the park for a while and write
5. wet feet!
6. (a bonus today!) Chinese take-out for dinner, after a quick stop at mom and dad's to give them the pineapples I'd picked up for them at the harvest sale (2 for $4!)
   

Sunday Morning Quiet

This has been kind of a crazy week for me and Jesus.

A good week, but a bit crazy, and, just in this moment, one that I don't have a lot of public words for.

I'm planning to spend today quietly, and by myself. I'm think I'll probably go to Heritage Park for a while. Ride the old fashioned amusement rides. Maybe take advantage of the Harvest Fruits and Vegetables Sale that's going on this weekend at turn of the (nineteenth) century prices.

My roommate went camping and hiking, and I don't expect her back until fairly late this evening.

So, I'm planning a quiet day. Maybe a few little excursions, and time in my favorite park. Maybe a movie. But likely mostly just quiet. Reading, resting, thinking, writing, praying, and cleaning. Maybe pulling some supplies off the shelves and doing something creative.

But quiet.

Other than the live webcast of Jason Upton at a church in Texas that's currently playing in the background. Because that is soothing my jangled soul as well.