I think what I need to learn is living in the moment. What is my next right thing this moment? And I really mean moment literally, as in 60 seconds. Takes so much pressure off, doesn't it?
Yesterday, I had a cleaning project that I was going to start at 12:15. But then my husband started telling me a story in his deliberate, descriptive, never in a hurry way. I knew I was supposed to hear him. Yet I anxiously kept looking at the clock.
I have started a daily journal, chronicling my life through the jolly lenses of Mrs. Claus. She is the character I most relate to. I have kind of coined myself "The Christmas Missionary" because I love sharing Jesus as a Gentle Baby who grew up to be the most Welcoming Man in history!
I read this quote by Thornton Wilder today, "We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures."
My husband is my treasure, mounds of riches greater than the dust of any cleaning project. God's creatures were hand crafted, one of a kind, by His extraordinary creativity. In the moment is where I want to be, with souls who need loving on, who need to feel welcome.
And I am definitely not the poster child of welcoming. I fight daily to tear down walls of protection I have built to keep others out. But my heart returns to this space of openness. And He who lives in me coaxes me into bravery every minute!
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| Found here: https://appliedfaith.org/2015/07/07/ he-said-why-are-christians-such-hateful-hypocrites/ |
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