This is me today. I sat down this morning I lit a candle, sang a hymn, read some scripture. My thoughts turned to an on-line convo I was having with a friend last evening. They are in disagreement with other friends, and everyone seems to be too angry to listen and have a real conversation. "Make me an instrument of Your peace," I wrote in my journal - even as I have no idea what that looks like. I extinguish the little candle at my prayer station, and knew what I needed to do first. I went to my kitchen, lit a larger pillar candle and set it on the dining table, as a reminder that today is dedicated to God. Even as I go about me day - baking bread, grocery shopping, writing a business report. Among all that I will dedicate myself to being a peacemaker, and trust in the Spirit to show me the opportunity to do that.
Pockets of desolation. Pinched, ugly places. Thanks for turning on a light to these phrases and inviting me to ignite my imagination to chase away the darkness. Good words. Thank you for writing.
This comes at such an apt time! Our house is cluttered and we have our hands full with rescue animals. I've got a goal for this year to every month do a bit to go through what we don't need and donate it. You're definitely right that if you feel at home in a place it's easier to make guests feel at home in a place. Of course, guests who come to our house have to be okay with a bevy of cats and a creaky old dog, lol.
Funnily, the place I felt most at home with entertaining was when my husband and I (along with four dogs and a cat) lived in a tiny, two room flat with an empty swimming pool for a front yard. It was so humble and unpretentious that there really was nothing that could be done to make it fancy or intimdating and so it was very much come as you are. We had some lovely little get togethers there.
This is me today. I sat down this morning I lit a candle, sang a hymn, read some scripture. My thoughts turned to an on-line convo I was having with a friend last evening. They are in disagreement with other friends, and everyone seems to be too angry to listen and have a real conversation. "Make me an instrument of Your peace," I wrote in my journal - even as I have no idea what that looks like. I extinguish the little candle at my prayer station, and knew what I needed to do first. I went to my kitchen, lit a larger pillar candle and set it on the dining table, as a reminder that today is dedicated to God. Even as I go about me day - baking bread, grocery shopping, writing a business report. Among all that I will dedicate myself to being a peacemaker, and trust in the Spirit to show me the opportunity to do that.
Pockets of desolation. Pinched, ugly places. Thanks for turning on a light to these phrases and inviting me to ignite my imagination to chase away the darkness. Good words. Thank you for writing.
This comes at such an apt time! Our house is cluttered and we have our hands full with rescue animals. I've got a goal for this year to every month do a bit to go through what we don't need and donate it. You're definitely right that if you feel at home in a place it's easier to make guests feel at home in a place. Of course, guests who come to our house have to be okay with a bevy of cats and a creaky old dog, lol.
Funnily, the place I felt most at home with entertaining was when my husband and I (along with four dogs and a cat) lived in a tiny, two room flat with an empty swimming pool for a front yard. It was so humble and unpretentious that there really was nothing that could be done to make it fancy or intimdating and so it was very much come as you are. We had some lovely little get togethers there.