Frenetic Sundays - no more!
The semester is over! Sunday’s are always great because we have the whole morning and afternoon completely free! Since Katrina and I have both been AM church goers for our entire lives, we really don’t know how to fill our schedules up on Sunday’s, which makes things even better.
This morning, I slept in and was still pretty groggy when we left for grocery shopping at around 9:45pm. Afterwards, we stopped at our favorite bookstore and spent about an hour just checking out some of the latest books. Today specifically - we looked at books about Chicago, a city we plan to spend a day “prayer-walking”, trying to discern if this is where God wants us to be after Abilene. We ate an early lunch at Spaghetti Warehouse - it was completely empty, which made for a nice relaxed meal. This afternoon has been pretty quiet too - and I like it like that.
This is the time of year when rest and quiet usually go out the window. We can’t find “peace on earth” any easier during the Christmas holiday than any other time of year. In fact, there is probably more anxiety and depression floating through the air right now than all the rest of the year combined. (Excluding April 15!)
I believe God made us for work, and for rest. Our culture shouts at us that if we are not producing or consuming, we are not “spending” our time well. Christ can be seen clearest when we lay down our pick axes and credit cards, and simply see his act of death and resurrection as a means of selfless love. Neither producing, nor consuming - just a presence of love.
Maybe I’ll go sit on the front porch for awhile…
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