Daily 5 - Day 57

Today's Daily 5:

1. Laughing and chatting about packing for our trip with L.
2. accomplishing many things this evening without feeling rushed or stressed
3. a simple but tasty dinner (peas, couscous, and turkey souvlaki kebabs)
4. a productive day at work, with less of the tensions that have been rampant lately
5. decorating a new journal, to be started begun sometime very soon...
   

Mish Mash of Afternoon Thoughts

I'm hoping to write some thoughts a bit later on the topic of depth perception. It's one I've been mulling over, playing with the words in my head today.

In the meantime, it's snowing. What happened to autumn? I'm definitely not ready for winter to have arrived just yet. I don't think it's cold enough for the snow to stick around, but it makes me a bit cranky anyways!

I am however wearing a very soft and lovely brown scarf today. It was a recent purchase, and I'm glad I bought this one. So that compensates just a tiny little bit for the snow. But only a tiny bit!

And with that, I still have oh so many work projects to start or finish or get under control or pass off to the appropriate person or persons before I leave on Friday at noon. And Friday at noon is getting closer all the time!

Last night I made the last booking for our trip. A night's accomodation at a motel in Niagara Falls. We got a fantastic deal - basically hostel prices, but so much nicer than staying in a hostel. (I stayed in a hostel when I attended the wedding in Kelowna in August, and it's not an experience I'm in any hurry to repeat!)

I'm thinking about tackling some longer scripture memorization challenges in the coming days. Maybe full chapters or even a short book. I'm increasingly convinced of the value of memorization, and I'd like to do more of it. I haven't really done it in any sort of serious way since I was a child, but it is those verses and passages that I find myself running through, over and over, in the hard moments, when I just need to rest into the truths of God's word instead of the overwhelming circumstances around me.

So, I'm looking for suggestions - favorite longer passages, or a book you'd recommend? I was thinking of maybe using some of the airplane time on my trip to get started, so I'd love if you'd leave some suggestions!

Daily 5 - Day 56

Today's Daily 5:

1. A smooth trip to the grocery store
2. relaxing in bed with my supper
3. candles lit around my bedroom
4. making the decision to watch a movie (Legally Blonde) that would make me smile and let me rest
5. a teary, but somehow helpful conversation mid really hard moment, with my mom this morning.
   

Are you sitting up straight?

I read this article this morning, and felt the sudden urge to work on my posture. Apparently it's important, and linked to self-confidence.

I'll admit to chronically slouching. Mostly because I'm quite short, and furniture never fits me. If I sit straight up on most chairs or couches, with my back against their back, my feet likely don't touch the ground. So I slouch or sit cross-legged to compensate for size and comfort.

Though I think now I'll probably make the effort to sit up a bit straighter!

Light Of Your Face

There is a line in this song that has been grabbing at my heart for close to two months now. I thought about it again as I fell asleep last night, and as I drove to work this morning.

"Let the light of your face shine down on my heart, and let me FEEL it."

This morning, right now, as I walk again through some challenging spaces, "Let me feel it."

Because I believe that Jesus holds me, and that he loves me. I really do believe all those things. And I've been learning to trust those things too.

But today, when I'm feeling cold and weary, the cry of my heart is for that light to penetrate to a place where I can feel it bringing warmth and restoration deeply.