Time well spent
Well, it's the end of another week and here I am. I look back at this week, and yes it has been a good one. A busy one, but a good one. Lots of time well spent with friends. I am truly trying to make the most of my life. I will admit that I am not one to make New Year's Resolutions. Guess I mistrust myself too much to break them. But I do find it important to live each day in light of how you can make it the best. What things can you change about your life today that will make it better.
So as I look back over the week, I realize that there are truly a few good people in the world whom you can call friends. Moments with them may be few and far between, but they are so special. Making the most of them should be a priority in anyone's life.
Today, my prayer partner popped me a chat on gmail asking if I was available last minute. Now, I am not good at last minute. Still learning that lesson, but you know, I think we both sensed that we need that time of fellowship and prayer. And what a time it was. How special those moments when she and I can fit them in have become.
In some ways I feel a bit guilty that I was out and about so much. I mean, surely I could have done something else with my time. And sure I could have. But the times spent with those few good people this week were so glorious, so God-given. They were a refreshment to my very soul. The time could not have been more appropriately spent. I think each of us has to learn to slow down a bit and make time for other people. Yet how easy it is for each of us to swallow ourselves in a world of busyness and personal interest. How starved we become without even realizing it until it is almost too late!
On the lighter side! It was frigid this week here in Chicago. In the Negatives during the day. So why was I out and about? Ha! All for the love of friendship and fellowship. Well, not just that. But even if that were it, it would have been well worth it. You definitely move faster from car to indoors in this weather. Times of hot coffee and fireplaces are well invested in. And so, I found myself by the fire at Caribou, or sitting over a warm bowl of soup and lunch, or in front of my heater-but often with some warm company as well. And when there wasn't company there was always a good book.
How important people are in our lives. Yet how often we take them for granted! But how grateful we become for those people who are willing to forgive and continue on in friendship. I will say that getting back into what I call "the world of people" again is hard for me. But that is my fault. Oh that we could always be as forgiving of others as we would have them be of us. Perhaps we would not run from each other so often. This is where I find myself. And yet, I am not down! I am rather encouraged to have those faithful few: the friends and the family who have continued continuing on despite the battles that have and still continue to be fought.
So as I look back over the week, I realize that there are truly a few good people in the world whom you can call friends. Moments with them may be few and far between, but they are so special. Making the most of them should be a priority in anyone's life.
Today, my prayer partner popped me a chat on gmail asking if I was available last minute. Now, I am not good at last minute. Still learning that lesson, but you know, I think we both sensed that we need that time of fellowship and prayer. And what a time it was. How special those moments when she and I can fit them in have become.
In some ways I feel a bit guilty that I was out and about so much. I mean, surely I could have done something else with my time. And sure I could have. But the times spent with those few good people this week were so glorious, so God-given. They were a refreshment to my very soul. The time could not have been more appropriately spent. I think each of us has to learn to slow down a bit and make time for other people. Yet how easy it is for each of us to swallow ourselves in a world of busyness and personal interest. How starved we become without even realizing it until it is almost too late!
On the lighter side! It was frigid this week here in Chicago. In the Negatives during the day. So why was I out and about? Ha! All for the love of friendship and fellowship. Well, not just that. But even if that were it, it would have been well worth it. You definitely move faster from car to indoors in this weather. Times of hot coffee and fireplaces are well invested in. And so, I found myself by the fire at Caribou, or sitting over a warm bowl of soup and lunch, or in front of my heater-but often with some warm company as well. And when there wasn't company there was always a good book.
How important people are in our lives. Yet how often we take them for granted! But how grateful we become for those people who are willing to forgive and continue on in friendship. I will say that getting back into what I call "the world of people" again is hard for me. But that is my fault. Oh that we could always be as forgiving of others as we would have them be of us. Perhaps we would not run from each other so often. This is where I find myself. And yet, I am not down! I am rather encouraged to have those faithful few: the friends and the family who have continued continuing on despite the battles that have and still continue to be fought.
posted by Shellie @ 5:25 PM
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