Well, friends, Ryan and I have begun a house project (office overhaul…yes, again) that is fun and lifegiving, and simultaneously quite time-consuming. We made great progress last night, and then I sat down and it was 10:30, and I hadn’t even started studying the verses I wanted to write about from Psalm 37. A quick read told me my required time in the commentaries exceeded the itty bitty time I had to read and write. So I shall pause that and come back another week.
Meanwhile, you might remember I
recently finished handwriting Matthew’s gospel and moved on to Mark. I’m still
in chapter 1, and earlier today I wrote the section where “while it was still
dark, he [Jesus] departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he
prayed.”
I felt like I had a greater
appreciation of his exhaustion level, because I spent the last few days reading
and writing about all the people who sought Him for healing and care. He had
been so kind to tend to them, but He led by example in recharging his own soul
before moving ahead again.
The words are timely, because here
in a couple of days, I’m taking a recharge day of my own. All of us on staff
were challenged to take a retreat day refill our cups so we are at our best to
do the things we do.
Weather permitting, I plan to
spend the day outside, appreciating God’s beautiful creation – and praying. I
have so many things saturating my mind. So many things that have
saturated my mind for the past few weeks. It’s time to clear my head, and allow
God to help me regroup. Reading that even Jesus needed such an opportunity gave
me great permission to do the same.
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