Remembering How To Live Again

Hi, how are you doing today? I’m sitting in a hotel room by myself which I dislike immensely. Thankfully work trips don’t take me away from home too often so I’m pep-talking myself through. The upside is that I get to meet my coworkers in person for the first time since before Covid hit so yay for building friendships with new team members and yay to reconnecting with old friends!

It’s funny, the past two years have converted me into such a total homebody. Somehow being in lockdown didn’t bother me much. I wonder what that’s about?! Maybe I’m more of an introvert than I ever knew.

How precious the quiet has been. Did you find it that way as well? Did it make you realize how loud life had become? How demanding and greedy the pressures were?

I’m thankful for the reset, thankful for the space to breathe deeply and notice the little things again the bring me so much joy…

the frost on my deck looking like the sun had thrown a million diamonds across it

geese flying in perfect formation overhead, their wings whooshing and their honking fading away as they head south for the winter

the dawn rising through early morning mists, first moody with deep purple’s and blues and then excited, purposeful as pinks and lavenders splash across the sky

the purity of a child’s laugh crashing through my jaded ears

the warmth of strong arms encircling my waist with whispers of hope, reminders of love, promises of more tomorrow’s

Jesus nearer than ever before

I think my heart has stopped pounding. I know I’m thinking more clearly. I’m paying better attention to my words and trying to be quicker when I need to apologize. So if this has been the result from the past two years, I’ll take it.

I thought we’d take a detour today from Philippians, we’ll get back at it I promise. I just wanted to remind you to breathe deeply. Can you find a few things that fill your heart with joy? Think about them, pull them out of the drawer you tucked them into. Maybe life hurt too badly or you’d lost too much and you’d packed them away for awhile. Open the drawer, get them out. Remember how to live again.