He Leads Me Beside Still Waters, He Restores My Soul...

Taking time out today to be alone: in order to readjust my thinking, refresh my soul and renew my strength; spending some time "forging solitude." Starting my day out with a long hike in the early morning cool weather, then going to a coffee shop to savor a cup of English Breakfast tea with a good book, maybe spend some time in Descanso Gardens... ahhh, a whole day...


Things I'm pondering and reading:


Lost in the Middle: Midlife and the Grace of God from Paul David Tripp





Meditating on a post about a Mother's Work from Ann Voskamp@ aholyexperience.com:

Because all work is sacred work, worthy of the diligence, the effort, I pick up lost legos, dry the pots, whish the toilets and this serves God. For if I can’t meet God in my work, where do I meet Him? If I don’t serve Him here, where do I serve Him? Are we not called to serve God in the work – not merely in some imagined, mirage place outside of work?

In a model of Christian work, we live one-piece lives, all weaving together into a sacred cloth as unto the Lord with no false seams between God and our days.

And in our work, sacred work because there is no such thing as secular work, we first serve God. I’ll put away the laundry, sweep the crumbs, polish the windows not to serve my family primarily, but to serve God. Because, “whenever man is made the centre of things, he becomes the storm center of trouble,” writes Dorothy Sayers. The moment you think of serving people, you begin to have a notion that other people owe you something for your pains…. You will begin to bargain for reward, to angle for applause.”

Reading through a series on Spiritual Disciplines: prayer, worship, gratitude, meditation, journaling, etc.

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