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Quietness on my mind
Jun. 12th, 2006 09:06 amMy immediate goals for today are to give my boy a haircut so he will look as spiffy as possible for his JOB INTERVIEW today! ;-) He got a call from Kmart, so he goes in this afternoon to talk with them.
I have a lot of List of Doom-type things I need to buckle down and do, but before I do that, I need to somehow reevaluate and recenter so I can be more balanced about doing all the things I feel I need to be involved in. I'm not sure how to go about that or exactly what I need just yet to get where I feel I need to be, but I'll figure it out. I've been feeling a bit restless and pulled in too many directions of late, and that's a sign that I need to fix something. ;-)
A retreat of silence should help -- that's where you get away for a specific amount of time with just your Bible and a notebook, and sit quietly and listen to God. I know that might sound dull to some, but it really is not! I do know I haven't been listening very well or being quiet enough these days, so that's probably why I am feeling so restless and unbalanced, spiritually dry and ineffective. I know I'm not totally ineffective, but I could be so much more effective and on top of things, if I were more anchored in "quietness" -- so that's my goal for the week, to find my way back to that. I'm excited about it! :-D
Before I forget, GIP! This is a view I used to see daily from the front verandah of our summer place in the Himalayan foothills of Pakistan. I miss those mountains! They had a way of making one remember to be quiet! ;-)
UPDATE: The interview went well, my son tells me, in spite of him having to wait for the interviewer, who was delayed. There is a good chance he could get the job; we will find out tomorrow. It's very encouraging to see things fall into place like this!
I have a lot of List of Doom-type things I need to buckle down and do, but before I do that, I need to somehow reevaluate and recenter so I can be more balanced about doing all the things I feel I need to be involved in. I'm not sure how to go about that or exactly what I need just yet to get where I feel I need to be, but I'll figure it out. I've been feeling a bit restless and pulled in too many directions of late, and that's a sign that I need to fix something. ;-)
A retreat of silence should help -- that's where you get away for a specific amount of time with just your Bible and a notebook, and sit quietly and listen to God. I know that might sound dull to some, but it really is not! I do know I haven't been listening very well or being quiet enough these days, so that's probably why I am feeling so restless and unbalanced, spiritually dry and ineffective. I know I'm not totally ineffective, but I could be so much more effective and on top of things, if I were more anchored in "quietness" -- so that's my goal for the week, to find my way back to that. I'm excited about it! :-D
Before I forget, GIP! This is a view I used to see daily from the front verandah of our summer place in the Himalayan foothills of Pakistan. I miss those mountains! They had a way of making one remember to be quiet! ;-)
UPDATE: The interview went well, my son tells me, in spite of him having to wait for the interviewer, who was delayed. There is a good chance he could get the job; we will find out tomorrow. It's very encouraging to see things fall into place like this!
