It's Friday!
(well, actually, it's Thursday night when I'm writing this, but by the time this goes live, it will be Friday.)
This week I'm particularly excited to welcome the weekend.
It's been a rough week at the office, for lots of reasons that I can't go into here. Let's just say that I'm thankful that this particular temp contract is ending in short order.
It's been harder still since I haven't been feeling well physically. I'm battling a cold that has settled into a wracking (how do you spell that?) dry cough, and on top of that I contracted a mild stomach bug that has rather limited my appetite and food intake (and thus energy).
I'm really excited for a weekend.
With one brief exception, and maybe a couple of errands, I plan to spend it catching up on rest, and hopefully carving out a bit of silence. My parents will be away for a good chunk of the day on Saturday, so I'm hoping to curl up in my favorite recliner in their living room and carve out some quiet space for rest and restoration. I need to carve out that space.
And so, today, though I really do try to remember the lesson I began to learn on that humorous day I was hijacked by Stan, I'm not so much postponing joy, as anticipating the greater measure of it that will come with the weekend. Not too many hours to go...
Friday, December 02, 2011
Thursday, December 01, 2011
Daily 5 - Year 3, Day 107
Today's Daily 5:
- Feeling even marginally better than I've felt for most of the last week
- the hugs and smiles of some friends
- an unexpected invitation to explore the gift of a differing perspective
- laughing as I retold a truly ridiculous encounter I had last week
- the chance to pray together with friends
Bread That Satisfies
I'm still thinking about Jesus describing himself as the Bread of Life.
This week it's a poignant image, as I've struggled for several days with a cold and stomach bug that has left me able to eat little except bread.
I've been hungry as I've gone whole days without being able to stomach any food, and nothing has sounded so good as a slice of toast. Nothing has sounded as good as bread with perhaps a little butter and jam or honey. I literally ache for that bread to fill me and satisfy.
I thought about that this morning, pondering the moment where I found myself wandering through the grocery store, stocking up on foods that would be palatable, and finding myself genuinely excited over the prospect of purchasing a freshly baked loaf of soft bread.
And I wondered, as I walked and pondered that excitement, how often do I also hunger for Jesus in this way? How often do I ache for Him, the Living Bread, to come and fill me? How often do I allow Him to satisfy my hungers?
It's a reminder I needed this morning, and one I will continue to ponder.
This week it's a poignant image, as I've struggled for several days with a cold and stomach bug that has left me able to eat little except bread.
I've been hungry as I've gone whole days without being able to stomach any food, and nothing has sounded so good as a slice of toast. Nothing has sounded as good as bread with perhaps a little butter and jam or honey. I literally ache for that bread to fill me and satisfy.
I thought about that this morning, pondering the moment where I found myself wandering through the grocery store, stocking up on foods that would be palatable, and finding myself genuinely excited over the prospect of purchasing a freshly baked loaf of soft bread.
And I wondered, as I walked and pondered that excitement, how often do I also hunger for Jesus in this way? How often do I ache for Him, the Living Bread, to come and fill me? How often do I allow Him to satisfy my hungers?
It's a reminder I needed this morning, and one I will continue to ponder.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Daily 5 - Year 3, Day 106
Today's Daily 5:
- a long shower
- talking nursing with my soon to be sister-in-law
- getting a magazine in the mail
- finding reasons to laugh
- a ride home from dad (with the willingness to stop at the grocery store for me to pick up a few necessities)
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