on seasons and being present

It is so tempting to look forward to the weekends – the next holiday, the next break. Katherine Fischer encourages us in this piece to instead look to the present moment and give thanks for the now. It is a good reminder that He is present in the present – always. Have a beautiful weekend. 

I’m learning to appreciate all seasons, instead of wishing them away.

I miss out when I’m constantly looking to the next thing. I lose the glory and wonder of the moment I’m in when I only focus on one that’s coming. I need to learn the art of finding God in the now. I’m an expert on the “not yet”–oh yes, there’s a litany of things I could hone in on to demonstrate the Kingdom isn’t quite here in its fullness yet. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see the lack, the brokenness, the wrongness of our world, but I also want to be one who draws attention to what’s right and beautiful. “Whatever is pure, whatever is lovely…” —those things. I want to be one who searches out and celebrates the sparkle and wonder that is God at work in our lives. I want to be one who proclaims and announces the redemptive, creative, good work of God in the every day.

Read full article by Katherine Fischer here. 

 

A Joyful Cog in His Giant Plan | Desiring God

on learning how to be joyful in the mundane of life.

We are our own paparazzi. We’re constantly snapping pictures — posting what we made for lunch and chronicling our lives one selfie at a time.In a world where everyone else’s life is “the best ever!” it can be hard to keep up. As we scroll through our social media feeds, read blogs, and observe each other’s lives, there is a temptation to envy the eventful, fast-paced lifestyle.

For some of us, no matter how hard we try to make things seem flashy and exciting, we just can’t escape the truth: life is mundane. When the world tells us that joy is found in overseas trips, glitzy jobs, and post-worthy nights on the town, is there any joy left for us?

Source: A Joyful Cog in His Giant Plan | Desiring God

3 words to arrest that comparison thief that’s robbing you of joy | A Holy Experience

The more you push to get in front of others, the more you fall behind in being the best you can be.

I confess, I don’t remember much of the parade… but I went home with that.

I went and listened to the kid with the kid sister who had this birthday coming up. She was brave and honest and said out loud that she knew she was going to feel her tummy tighten into knots when everyone handed her sister all the presents, when her sister got the stage and the candles and the cake.

So she showed me what her and her mom had written on a piece of paper for her, for her to carry in her pocket, hold in her hand.

Just three words, scrawled on a scrap of paper:

I get enough.

I get enough.

The kid’s eyes dance:

“So I remember: I get enough cake, I get enough pretty gifts, I get enough people celebrating me too.”

That little girl holds that paper up: “I am not ever losing this. Because I can’t forget it — or that’ll ruin everything: I get enough.”

That’s right, girl — because a girl can forget. And that ruins everything.

A woman can forget that her life is enough. That her road is enough. That her calling, her story, her singleness, her chastity, her marriage, her husband, her vocation, her apartment, her house, her childlessness, her kids, her body, her health, her work is enough.

A woman can look in the mirror and find it impossible to say: I get enough.

via 3 words to arrest that comparison thief that’s robbing you of joy | A Holy Experience.