What to do
Which job to take
What to make for dinner
Who to trust
Which book to read first
How to answer the question
How to ask the question
When to make the move
Why it happened
How to move forward
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It’s ok to not know.
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Waiting isn’t scary, or to be hurried.
Savor it.
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Like the plot points of a story, connected together to create a whole picture, these opportunities to wait, they matter.
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They become your story.
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We’ve forgotten how to wait.
In line
In traffic
For it to be our turn
In a world of one-click ordering, two-hour delivery, fast passes, and short cuts, we sacrifice the pain of waiting for the false satisfaction of eliminating patience.
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It’s ok to wait.
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#wait #patience #virtue #wednesdaywisdom #itsok #savor
We had a funeral today.
For a one-year-old Chinese Dwarf Hamster.
😢🐹
Munchkin (originally named Muffin, and often called Spunchkin) brought much joy to this house. Mostly to Sadler, who picked him out and paid for him with her own money just last Spring.
He was the best wheel runner I’ve ever seen, and could rearrange the shavings in his mansion overnight in such a way that was strikingly similar to the amazing webs Charlotte the spider would weave overnight. He was a talented, busy little dude.
There were many times that Reid and I were sure he was on amphetamines, because he never slept and stayed active 24/7. We are unsure if he died from a heart attack related to said activities, or if he starved to death. When you let your 7-year-old buy their own pet under the condition that they are solely responsible for feeding and caring for it, you have to be okay with seeing an empty food bowl in the cage when you find the little guy dead on a Sunday morning.
Thankfully, Sadler’s bestie brought her a gift to church this morning, unbeknownst to her that we had lost little Munchkin. These sweet girls gave him a proper burial today and said some kind words.
Life is precious.
And can be very short.
Don’t blink.
It will be over before you know it.
Rest In Peace, little fella.
Fun fact: when I start my study time, I tend to obsess over getting the mood just right. Turn on the diffuser and pick the perfect oil combo, make sure I have water, make hot tea, get the lighting just right, make sure I have my favorite pen, clean my desk if any clutter, turn on a playlist...I spend so much time before I ever start. Is this wrong? I don’t know. Is it time well spent? I don’t know that either.
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But here is what I do know: as an Enneagram 4, I am very doing-repressed. Meaning, I often won’t *do* something until I *feel* like it. And maybe setting the mood like I described above is an attempt to get myself into *feeling like it* mode.
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What would it look like if I just started?
If I just opened the book and read it?
If I didn’t wait until everything was just right?
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Too often, we think when we have the right *thing* (job, spouse, outfit, car, house, insert whatever it is you want here), then and only then is it ok to make a move.
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Start where you are.
Use what you have.
Do what you can.
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Candice, this goes for you, too. (I bet y’all didn’t know that a lot of the time when I write these posts, I’m preaching to myself.) Lord, help me not get stuck in my feelings and have the faith needed to take a step. Let me not be afraid of going slowly, but only afraid of standing still. Amen.
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#instagood #sundayservice #juststart #enneagram4 #enneagram #justdosomething #feelings #faithoverfeelings
True love is: coffee. ☕️ ♥️
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It’s morning warmth on your throat as it literally warms you from the inside out and puts that first pep in your step and twinkle in your eye.
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Truer love is: taking coffee to your wife every morning while she sits in the quiet and talks to Jesus, journals, reads the Word, cries (often all of the above literally at the same time)
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I planned to post this picture on Valentine’s Day ever since I took it last week at Green Joes.
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What I didn’t plan for, was being completely out of coffee on this (overly)commercialized holiday that is just a way to get people to spend money on gifts when really we should love everyone on ALL the days and celebrate that love on ALL the days amirite amen.
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I didn’t plan for not being able to look into those sweet hazel eyes as he put my mug next to me, while I smile and whisper “thanks babe”.
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I didn’t plan for that today.
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But, I will love him anyway. Despite the lack of coffee. I have the 364 other days in the year to love him, and I shall do just that. ❤️🙃
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I love you, @peidiet. Coffee or no coffee. You’re my favorite.
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#valentines #coffee #sarcasm #love #ilovelove #lovelovelove #truelove #sillyholiday #happyfriday
