Great post. I have always struggled with leisure and Advent is a great time to learn when it is most fitting to enjoy oneself and find God’s presence in the most common activities 🎄
I am inspired as well! Trying to think how prayer and rest can be a part of Advent while helping my kids prepare for Christmas as well. It is a lot of think about.
'Worship. A state of active stillness. A placing of oneself in God’s presence. A shout of praise and thanksgiving. A striking of one’s breast with, “Mea Culpa.” A standing, kneeling, walking, moving action in which one acknowledges that I am not all that is, that I AM is all that is. Worship. Where we set aside our to-do list, and do something that can never quite be belittled into a line on a to-do list. Worship. An action that takes us out of Time, while firmly grounding us in this very moment. Worship. Something that we did not create, but which we were made for. Something which re-creates us.'
THIS. IS. SO. GOOD. Thank you for helping to contextualize leisure, ladies - this discussion is much-needed!
Great post. I have always struggled with leisure and Advent is a great time to learn when it is most fitting to enjoy oneself and find God’s presence in the most common activities 🎄
I am inspired as well! Trying to think how prayer and rest can be a part of Advent while helping my kids prepare for Christmas as well. It is a lot of think about.
Try doing fun activities with them that teach them about Jesus!
'Worship. A state of active stillness. A placing of oneself in God’s presence. A shout of praise and thanksgiving. A striking of one’s breast with, “Mea Culpa.” A standing, kneeling, walking, moving action in which one acknowledges that I am not all that is, that I AM is all that is. Worship. Where we set aside our to-do list, and do something that can never quite be belittled into a line on a to-do list. Worship. An action that takes us out of Time, while firmly grounding us in this very moment. Worship. Something that we did not create, but which we were made for. Something which re-creates us.'
THIS. IS. SO. GOOD. Thank you for helping to contextualize leisure, ladies - this discussion is much-needed!