Part way through my morning, I made an observation: I was busy. I had a million things to do, most of which involved decisions and so that added an extra layer of unrest to it all. Then I remembered my Peace week a couple years ago and how similarly crazy and unrestful it had been.
I pointed the pattern out to God.
He replied, You the one who said you wanted to learn about peace. :) (It included the little smiley face, so obviously it was a text He had sent.)
U R Funny. Not LOLing.
How R U supposed 2 learn about peace if U have a quiet, boring week?
Good point. Not much new territory to cover there.
OK, then. Let's do this week!
Bring it!
He did have a good point and the conversation brought me excitement over what's going to happen this week. He's laying the perfect scene for me to practice peace. Not just a chance to feel peace...but real, live, actual peace. Rather than take it as a joke -- which in some sense, it was and we had a good laugh over it -- I took it as an invitation into something a little more interesting, more challenging, with something better than "well-restedness" at the end of it.
So maybe we can call this the Great Peace Adventure Week. Since I think it will contain more action than I previously anticipated.
"What do you want to be when you grow up?"
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Last spring, I helped in an after school program at a church for a couple
afternoons; a fun, crazy experience, and it stretched more than my legs,
that's ...
0 thoughts anyone?:
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