Writing…paused…sweet pea awoke after just two
hour nap today. So, in the spirit of my
Lenten discipline of celebration…I lay down my initial bummed-out feeling that
I cannot finish the post I started writing and I turn to celebration…this very
moment. A sweet infant smile greets me early and I am turned toward
celebration, away from my own desires and tell myself this moment, in this
moment is God present and in this moment, whatever it may be, this moment I am
to celebrate. Thank you Lord, for this moment. I will recall the Psalm I seek
to memorize during this season. Join me if you like. Psalm 96, just one verse
today:
Oh, sing to the
Lord a new song;
Sing to the Lord,
all the earth!
It is no trite thing to awaken our souls in
whatever moment we find ourselves in and focus on Christ. There will be little
deaths to die every day…sometimes major, sometimes minor…today it is simply the
plan I had of long enjoyable time to write. But this moment is the one for
which I am called to thank the Lord. To celebrate the life I have in Christ. And
so, Lord, my days are Your days. Help me die as many deaths as I must each day
that joy and life may replace all of the me
that I stuff myself with. Fill me up, God.
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