At Last

I feel like my blog and I are at some peace again.  We seemed to be fighting, each of us wanting to be heard, but I think we are finally there.Part of the problem is that it is post-holiday season and getting my thoughts to cooperate is no easy task.  The kids have been sent back to school, the calls are coming in to work and a learning group is on the immediate horizon. Blogging has not been coming easy.  But I really miss it when I don’t, so here I am.  As you can see, I changed the name. It was time. I loved the old name when I started my blog in 2008/9 and was doing a followup reflection blog after finishing Lent Thing (which remains my favorite!) But as the church changed, as my understanding changed and as hopefully, I have changed, I was no longer just talking about “glimpsing” God.  There is more to be said.  We are at a crossroads in our church, I am really curious where I will come out in the end.   I know it will be where I belong but that is all I know.So, I recognized with the help of a dear friend and occasional reader that I was ready to move on and not confine myself with simply glimpsing.  So here I sit, in my little corner, with all of my “faith” paraphernalia at the ready and stare out my window.  It is winter, officially.  We have a couple of feet of snow and the trees look much like my background.  I love it.  I am a winter baby. But I love it more for the quiet that it can bring.  Although with three growing girls, quiet is not easy to come by…which is why I am up at 2am fixing my blog.  Today, at PFO, we were invited to write a psalm.  Ironically, I was thinking this morning how grateful I was to have shelter, warmth and heat.  There was a time when I was younger that these things didn’t come so easily to me.  I am always reminded of that when I wear the wrong boots on a cold day like today (this morning’s wind chill was -21F) and my feet immediately go numb.  But that is a story for another day.  Suffice it to say, that my husband knew what he was doing when he bought me a full length down coat last year as yet another installment on his marital promise to keep me warm. (I also get warm socks every year!) But I digress!  So, PFO suggested writing a psalm about whatever you need to bring to God today.  It is a beautiful tradition and one we would do well to carry on.  If I think my psalm is passable I will share it, and I hope if you have one you would also!  Until tomorrow!
“Lord God!  You who dwell in the beauty of a winter day,
who supply all the Suisse Mocha I need…..”Well, it’s  start!  😉