As news of the virus becomes more inescapable, I thought it would be helpful to just start noticing the good things, the blessings, and all the ways that I still feel God meeting me exactly where I’m at during this time of uncertainty. I’ll be sharing these things regularly as a reminder to me and as an encouragement for you to look for them in your life as well. God is over this and He’s in it with us. Here’s how that looked today.
A Photo From Today
The sunset was beautiful on my walk this evening.
Social Distancing To Do List Update
- Catch up on Project Life/scrapbooking projects
Shred everything in the shred binHost Zoom meetings or Group FaceTime hangs with friends- Clean out closet and go through summer clothes
- Go on a photo walk
- Listen to a whole record in one sitting
- Do a face mask
- Take a bubble bath
Do some yoga (currently watching:Yoga with Adriene)- Sharpen my photography skills by testing out ISO/Av/exposure on a single subject
Download a coloring book app on my iPad- Watch a show on Netflix (current to watch list: The Circle, Love is Blind, Cheer, and Outlander)
- Meditate (using the Headspace App)
- Read all the unread books on my shelf (there are only about 6)
- Try Daily Pages with RUKristin
Shop local and at our favorite small businesses- Make a capsule wardrobe for spring
Go down a YouTube rabbit hole – starting with minimalism videos- Unplug for 24 hours (probably going to need it!)
- Work on my cross-stitch quilt
- Take an online course
- Try a new recipe
- Clean up the leaves in our yard
- Start planning my summer garden
- Make dog treats
- Make a watercolor painting
- Make a magazine collage journal
ADD
- Clean out the garage
- Read an entire book on my iPad
- Take photos of our house
- Make a mini book for my 2020 One Little Word
A Quote on Prayer by Shauna Niequist
“… when you begin to pray … picture a bottle of oil-and-vinegar salad dressing … the vinegar, probably red wine vinegar, rests on top of the olive oil, softly red, flecked with oregano. The green-yellow oil is at the bottom of the bottle, rich and flavorful. Geri said that when you begin to pray, pour out the vinegar first – the acid, whatever’s troubling you, whatever hurt you, whatever is harsh and jangling your nerves or spirit. You pour that out first … Pour out all the vinegar until it’s gone. Then what you find underneath is the oil, glistening and thick … life is not all vinegar – puckery and acidic. It is also oil, luscious, thick, heavy with history and flavor. But you have to start with the vinegar or you’ll never experience the oil … Many of us learned along with the way to ignore the vinegar … And then pray dutiful, happy prayers. But this is what i’m learning about prayer: you don’t get the oil until you pour out the vinegar.” – Present Over Perfect, p. 74 – 75