January 18th 2012

Holy in the Ordinary 

How often do we relegate to God only those things in which we feel he should have a say, yet exclude him from the ordinary things in life? 

— from The Bible's Best Love Stories


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I am just so blah today.  I am in a wednesday funk.  I had a pretty good morning, I went for a walk at the park with my new friend Katie and our babies.  The weather is just so icky out and I can't seem to open my eyes all the way today.  It's days like today where I wish I were more devout.  I need to start making these days about being thankful and happy about what I a blessed with.  It's so hard not to just wallow in myself.  I have no reason to feel this way and I feel like I also have no reason to not feel this way.  It's really very selfish.  Serena is down for a nap now and I can't bring myself to do anything productive.  Should we allow ourselves these days? Do I need to power through this and get up and do something productive?  Like the minute meditation quote above, I too often exclude god from ordinary life.  Today doesn't get more ordinary.  I need to figure out how to relegate God to today, to make today special and meaningful.  It seems these daily emails I get are really on spot lately.  A little nudge in the right direction.