For those of you who are praying for a way to She Speaks, don't miss this post from Marybeth (it's her Tues. post). God is giving great ideas to women on ways to raise the funds. I got a Facebook message from another woman yesterday who is selling cookbooks!
This past weekend I got quite an unexpected treat. Barry and the boys decided to go camping on Friday night, and I got about 30 hours home alone.
What to do? What to do?
At first I thought about inviting friends over for a night of chick flicks, but then I selfishly decided on time alone. It's funny but a recent personality profile revealed that I'm not quite as extroverted as I thought. I fall right in the middle. It made perfect sense when I thought about it, because I love people but I also crave time alone.
And I haven't had any. In a long time.
As soon as the guys walked out on Friday afternoon, I started off the time with one of my favorite activities. A nap. Ahhhh...
I won't bore you with every moment of my 30 hours. I'm pretty much a nerd, so it wouldn't be riveting reading. (My "drug" of choice Friday night was a Chick Fil A milkshake!)
Saturday was my favorite part, though. I spent most of the day running around finding flowers and then planting them. I'm not artistic, but gardening is a creative outlet for me. I'm not a master gardner, but putting my hands in the dirt followed by standing back to admire splashes of color in my yard simply makes me happy.
I was looking over scriptures about delight this morning. Almost all the references are about finding our delight in the Lord with a few mixed in about the Lord's children being His delight.
This weekend, though, I felt God's presence so acutely as I did something which delighted me--gardening. It reminded me that we're all created not only for work but for play. For some, gardening might seem like work, but it's play for me. Something within our hard-wiring responds with delight when we participate in enjoyment, and it settles a piece of our soul in God's presence.
What would you do with 30 hours by yourself? What brings you delight?
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Finding Delight
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2 comments:
Great insight Amy! I forget to play sometimes ;o) Although many would argue that I play along the way! What would I do with 30 hours? Rest, plan, pray. Probably in that order.
Of course then the guilties would creep in and say, "Why didn't you do something productive like weed or plant flowers?" To which I might retort, "All that was covered during prayer."
Thanks for the word picture today. It splashed my day with color!
Love you tons,
Luann
Yea! As I recently posted about "selfish time",and our busy schedules, I can relate; I love time alone! It's so refreshing to enjoy a time of self reflection and thoughts uncluttered by social distractions. Good for you... :)
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