When life pinches, I feel the need to simplify. To scuff around the house in my white, fuzzy slippers. Cozy meals for dinner. Minimal dusting and sporadic cleaning out of the refrigerator. Some things appear more clear, like the way the curtains catch the sun in the afternoons, or the fact that we have ingredients to make a chocolate layer cake. The veil is lifted for just a bit and the Lord seems much, much closer.
Such is grief and hard times.
Maybe life is more precious when you feel it closing in on you. (or as some books would say...*life is more precious to one when one feels it closing in on one*) I never could get into books where characters say *one* all the time. Is that even how folks talk in real life? One thinks not!
Anyway, I'm glad that God is patient when we deal with stresses. He's never in a hurry for us to snap out of it or move along. My mom says He's always a gentleman, and I find that to be true. The cliche of time being a healer is very true as well. Our girl is experiencing that now, but would hope for a bit of speed on the getting over it part, I know.
Off to fetch our kids who've had time at my mom's today. I've been a slug with new library books (have you seen Williams and Sonama's new book called 'Comfort Food'? My goodness!) and bean/bacon soup simmering on the stove. Those beans have been a bit slow to soften up, though, so time will tell how done they actually are when we sit down to eat. ;)
Enjoy the rest of your day. It's all good.
Such is grief and hard times.
Maybe life is more precious when you feel it closing in on you. (or as some books would say...*life is more precious to one when one feels it closing in on one*) I never could get into books where characters say *one* all the time. Is that even how folks talk in real life? One thinks not!
Anyway, I'm glad that God is patient when we deal with stresses. He's never in a hurry for us to snap out of it or move along. My mom says He's always a gentleman, and I find that to be true. The cliche of time being a healer is very true as well. Our girl is experiencing that now, but would hope for a bit of speed on the getting over it part, I know.
Off to fetch our kids who've had time at my mom's today. I've been a slug with new library books (have you seen Williams and Sonama's new book called 'Comfort Food'? My goodness!) and bean/bacon soup simmering on the stove. Those beans have been a bit slow to soften up, though, so time will tell how done they actually are when we sit down to eat. ;)
Enjoy the rest of your day. It's all good.
