I saw the quote you shared on Facebook this week from God Hides in Plain Sight and really liked it. Glad you've got some good reading material to prompt you to see God in the everyday right now, too!

Take care good friend, and happy belated birthday.

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@Kirsten: I so agree, my friend! I loved seeing you, but I only wished it could have been longer. But I'm stoked we made it happen with the time we had! As for what you're stepping into, I have the utmost respect for that "stepping into risk" process. It is not easy by any means. And I know you've been toeing your way to that line for a bit of time now, continuing to check in with God to discern, "Is now the time? How about now? Now?" I'm glad to hear that the moment to jump is looming closer and closer these days. Love you.

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@Sarah: Your comment is another one that made me smile because I'm just imagining you with your little Mirren-bird-girl each day in all the many ways you demonstrate care and love for her. I wish I could see you in those moments because I have no doubt it's a precious sight (even when some moments aren't as glamorous as others!).

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@Tammy: Hmm. A bird that doesn't know which way it is supposed to be flying for the winter. That is a powerful image, my friend. I wonder where you are headed, too ... and whether God is leading you by a way you do not yet know. Love you so much.

As for me, there is not much to be said beyond our phone conversation the other night. I'm like a bird that doesn't know which way it is suppose to be flying for the Winter. Who knows where I am headed? I would like to take comfort in the fact that maybe God knows, but since I am leading the Holy Spirit these days- we are both blind.

As for the invitations looming before me now (well, there's the one I haven't yet announced publicly), I sense an invitation to deeper prayer and devotion to our Lord. I also sense a season of risk coming forward -- I'm stepping into so many things, so many unknowns and I find myself more and more prepared in my spirit to step forward without having a specific plan, with all the details hammered out beforehand.

It was such a treat to see you, my dear!! I do hope we can come and see you sometime soon.

The reading is typically a chapter or 2 out of the OT and a chapter out of the NT. There's no thematic order or anything, just Genesis through Malachi / Matthew through Revelation.

However, with study bible in hand, I've been gaining a lot of new insights, even the small ones from my morning reads. I love it!

I agree with you about the many blessings. What happened in Haiti has made me more conscious of this, too. Several things on my list were birthed out of the consciousness that came from Haiti's devastation.

And yes, I do love grits. Only recently discovered them. Now I can't get enough! :)

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@Christina: Awww, shucks. You're sweet. As always! And I'm glad we found one another, too.