On the Half Shell – Living in the Raw

I keep a running to-do list. Several, in fact. They are written in an app on my iPad, they are written on a scrap piece of paper somewhere in the kitchen, and they are written in my Peanuts notebook. Not to mention the list that just plays in my mind. That list used to make me crazy if I didn’t complete it. Now that I am older, wiser, unable to drive and have two precious boys to tend to, the urgency of that list is non-emergent. But it makes me feel like I have a sense of order, although I have no control really over the list itself or the order of my life. But HE does.

“Although each day contains 24 hours,every single one presents a unique set of circumstances. Don’t try to force fit today into yesterday’s mold.” (Jesus Calling, February 17)

Wow. So Simple. “Each hour presents a unique set of circumstances” – man, is that an understatement. But how wonderful IS that? At first thought, it seems like that statement could be ominously negative. Yet, it’s not. More often than not, that hour in question could present something so precious. Like a kiss from a 2-1/2 year old. Cackling laughter from a one year old. An unexpected sweet text note from a loved one, a red bird (what we southerners call a Cardinal) on the feeder bright enough for my eyes to see. So many wonders and sweet moments if I’m just open and unguarded enough.

Eucharisteo (February 17, 2023)