Joy in the Journey Take 7
Bless their hearts! The old people place started to remodel the dining area. In the process, they hoped to find the source of a horrible water leak spewing over 300 gallons of hot water onto the ground. The leak is a sneaky rascal and at the last rumor they finally found it – maybe. After a week of having our meals delivered to our units, we were told this would be the policy for a long time as they remedy this issue – possibly up to Christmas.
So …
Eating our meals in the comfort of our unit, my music playing soothingly in the background, and me comfortably outfitted in my pajamas, we must endure the long ‘inconvenience’. What a shame.
Mysterious ways is all I’m sayin’!
As I anticipate the arrival of my cousin and his wife from Florida, I spent yesterday rearranging my furniture – again. I just can’t seem to place things where my messes are not obvious. Today’s project is finalizing some placement of things from the sewing room into the garage, getting the garage ready for the fire inspection next week, and making my music room more visually pleasing.
Believe it or not, that process does give me joy in the journey.
All that is to be done before afternoon at which time we get to babysit! Definitely a joy in the journey time!!!
Plus, I’m taking the LEGO advent calendar I bought this week to Dylan. Yeah, it’s early, but I’m ready for Christmas decorating to start. Part of the process of cleaning the garage will be to make sure what is left of my Christmas supplies is all within reach.
Christmas – Yay! Oh boy! And definitely a great source of joy for my journey! Plus, I might need to make a trip to Hobby Lobby to fill in necessary items to adorn a different living space. I still intend to make some fancy decoration with the cracked pole vault I kept despite Ronald’s wishes. You’ll see. My hoarding isn’t all bad.
See how hard I’m trying to find my joy in the journey? Focusing on the can instead of the can’t, the positives instead of the negatives, and possibly getting a wee bit of my act together is adjusting my attitude a bit.
For today anyway.
Another thing brightening my path is a truth brought home to me as my Bible study is on the book of Mark. It has been wonderful to read Jesus’ predictions about His upcoming suffering, death, and resurrection.
Weird, right?
I always hate reading about the actual time of His sacrifice, but the fact that He knew and promised what would happen really did! What Jesus promises, He will do! How phenomenal is that?
As I read the stories of His provisions for the hungry, I’m more grateful for the food He provides.
As I read the stories of the shock of the disciples as Jesus calms the storms at sea, I thank God more sincerely as I drive more by myself. We drove both cars here from Thomaston through Atlanta traffic Wednesday afternoon. I was almost creamed only once in the process. No crashes – which would have been fatal with the cement wall on one side and a monster truck sliding over three lanes at ninety miles an hour to get to what was clearly my spot! Not even a dent, though I’m sure along with the guy’s crazy honking, I probably got a ‘Chicago hello’.
God helped me cope before. He’ll help me again. Joy in the journey.
Ephesians 3:14-19 TLB
When I think of the wisdom and scope of His plan, I fall down on my knees and pray to the Father of all … that out of His glorious, unlimited resources He will give you the mighty inner strengthening of His Holy Sprit. And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts, living within you as you trust in Him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of God’s marvelous love; and may you be able to feel and understand, as all God’s children should, how long, how wide, how deep, and how high His love really is; and to experience this love for yourselves, though it is so great that you will never see the end of it or fully know or understand it. And so at last you will be filled up with God Himself.’
Blessings
Kara Beth
