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I get side-tracked so easily!! Seriously "The Squirrel Lady" right here ...
So I am a Memaw now!! Greatest thing in THE WORLD!!! Never knew I could love someone so much, and so differently than I do my own children! I have his pictures everywhere and one of my daughters asked me the other day, "Where are the pictures of your own kids?" To which I replied, "Well I had to make room for my grandson's pictures, so I took them all down." Duh! When you have a grandchild, your own kids don't matter anymore. They are nothing more than Grandbaby Makers moving forward!
Life has really been a blessing this past year! It has gone by so fast, but has been so good! Still LOVE my job! I get paid to talk Jesus every day = best ever! Family is good. Friendships are all good. Life just really is simple and good!!
I will be diving into the OT this year. It has been a long time, years, since I studied the OT! So this will be great to dive back into it! Been reading the Bible just to be reading it too. No pens. No highlighters. No notebook. Just read It! It is hard for me to not go down rabbit holes! But I have found it to be comforting and peaceful. Not to say their aren't sticky tabs all over my Bible where I want to return to that spot later for more investigation... LOL. But in the moment, I simply read. It does actually help me when I do get into a study and go over something I just read, my mind actually remembers some of it!
Funny cause when I decided to start this blog I was trying to think of what BIG Thing happened that I can write about. What BIG Change? What BIG Announcement? After thinking for a while (my brain actually hurt), I realized that there wasn't any, other than my grandson being born. And that's ok!
Simple and Good:
Is there a time in your life where nothing big was going on? Things were just moving along. Life was simple and no major events or changes were happening. Some people may be in those moments and think that something is wrong with their lives. Other people around you seem to be blowing up social media with BIG Announcements. Why isn't my life more exciting?
It may just be with "experience (NOT age)" that I have come to realize 'It's ok to keep things simple and just be good'. Maybe it seems mundane and dull, but try to look deeper into those moments that God has provided for you.
We all go through seasons. Everyone is different with what season it is and the timing of it all, but regardless, we all go through them. I know for years I have lived in the stormy seasons. Rain. Hail. Blizzards. Tornados. You name it! Some of those I created myself.. well ok.. MOST of those I created myself. Spent most of my life dodging something or someone, hiding from something or someone, fixing something broken, repairing something damaged...on and on and on... As I got more "experience", I learned how to navigate those storms better, and maybe even prevent them all together. I believe that is why I have found myself in the season of simple and good.
While I am here, as odd as it is for me to be, I am making myself look deeper into why God has brought me here. I am sure a lot of it is to refuel and rest, which I am horrible at. If I sit for more than 10 min, ok 5 min, I go crA crA. So for God to ask me to "be still", I can't help but laugh and ask "Are you kidding me!?" I mean, He is the One who created me to not like sitting still, He should know not to ask me to do so. But He is.... and I am learning.
I am also learning to NOT fill my spare time with things. If a day on my calendar is open, leave it open. Not every day has to have something on it. What I started doing was, when I had a day with no events or places to go, I would write "READ YOUR BIBLE" or "WORK ON YOUR BOOKS". Then, that day had something on it and that made my A-Typical brain happy.
If you are in a season of simple and good, ask God why He has you there. See what He has in store for you during this time. He may need you to enjoy the little things long enough for you to see the Big Blessings He has done already for you. He may want to just have your undivided attention. He may just think you need a nap or two....
If you are someone who has a jammed packed calendar and are laughing at me right now because the idea of "being still" to you is a joke... HONEY ERASE OF THINGS OFF YOUR CALENDAR NOW!
I was you. For years! I thought if I wasn't doing something I was being lazy. That is not true!! God wants us to rest and refuel. I was told many many, too many, times... "You can't pour into someone if you are on E". You don't have to always be running an event, leading something, working on something... and it is ok if your house ain't spotless! It is ok if your kids didn't get a bath one (or two or three) night/s because you took time to read your Bible, listen to a podcast, or just sit down. It is ok to say "no" when asked to volunteer.
I have to tell myself these things all the time! Yes, God does not want us to be lazy, but He also doesn't want us so busy that we don't have time for HIM! Make sure there is time purposely put on your calendar for GOD!
Rest.
Breathe.
Enjoy!
Ecclesiastes 4:6 "Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind."
