I was really hoping for a snow/ice day today so that I could write for a long time, but alas I must go to work. As I mentioned before things are so busy in life right now, but also wonderful. I love my job, family, friends, serving at church, being a wife, running, cooking, reading, sleeping etc. but I just cannot find time in each day for all of those things. :) I am looking forward to the time I can do each of these things, even exercising. I am ok with knowing I need to slow down and back off on some of my big picture goals depending on the season of the year. I have so much joy and peace within my life right now that I am not going to get mad about not being able to drop everything and run 4 times a week, rather I will really enjoy the runs and workouts I get in over the next few weeks until things slow down the first week in March and until then be much more mindful about what I am eating.
I am so excited that I have been challenged lately with a hunger for books and online sermons. I have started keeping a small journal about all of the things I am reading and watching and listening to. It really refreshes me and encourages me throughout the day. Here are some of the things I have been diving into:
Crazy Love by Frances Chan
Heaven by Randy Alcorn
Mere Christianity by C.S.Lewis
"Real Marriage" http://marshill.com/media/real-marriage (single, dating, married this is awesome stuff no matter what status you currently are).
"Religion Save and 9 Other Misconceptions" http://marshill.com/media/religionsaves
Hopefully I will have more time later this week to share!
"The best of life on Earth is a glimpse of Heaven; the worst is a glimpse of Hell. For Christians, this present life is the closest they will come to Hell. For the unbelievers, it is the closest they will come to Heaven". - Alcorn
This has been haunting my mind all week ever since I read it. I have always thought of this through the eyes of the Christian but to think that this wretched broken Earth is the closest some may ever know of all the beauty and wonder and love that is God really saddens me.
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