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Wednesday, December 24th, 2003
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9:19a - Sufficiency
I love the fog.
I stepped outside this morning and was surprised by a new world, as if reality had suddenly turned surreal and the world had abandoned its idea of being busy and was focussing now on softness and silence. I love the fog. The moment I step out the door it surprises my senses like a hug from behind, a gentle greeting by my living Savior, who walks beside me to slip His hand in mine. And His touch reminds my heart that it is all I need, and all I want. Amid the scurry and stress of Christmas (which really should not be stressful at all), I have decided to stop. Understand, I have not decided to stop the present-wrapping or battling traffic, the flurry of papers and phone calls at work or the cooking for Thursday's dinner... I have decided to be at peace, to not take myself so seriously anymore and to rest myself in His arms while I live today. He is capable of doing all my responsibilities through me, and I would be foolish--quite foolish--to assume that I can "do" my own life without His grace. God never wanted to help me anyway--He is God. He wants to do all. And today, on this grey, soft, surprising day, I am going to allow Him that. I need to rest.
current mood: At peace (comment on this)
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10:12a - Tetelestai! It is Finished!
My long two-pointed ladder's sticking through a tree
Toward heaven still,
And there's a barrel that I didn't fill
Beside it, and there may be two or three
Apples I didn't pick upon some bough.
But I am done with apple-picking now.
~Robert Frost, "After Apple Picking"
These lines, especially the last, keep going through my head! I am DONE with shopping! Praise God. :) :) :) I don't think I could handle even one more endless checkout line or one more dollar spent. *Happy sigh* You know, even with all the rush, I am greatly enjoying every moment of this. I love my family so much. And I love my friends--oh, so much! What amazing blessings God has bestowed on my little head. :) And He, the greatest blessing...
Oh. I want to write poetry and sing and sing. I wish I were a bird. I wish I were in heaven.
current mood:  content
current music: Dave Lubben, "You Are the One" (comment on this)
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