Back at It

The next time I start a blog and make a plan to write everyday for 30 days, remind me that it is December and Christmastime is coming and I'm the mom.

So I'll start again.

Today I got up at 5:00. My alarm went off and I was first greeted by the anxiety of the things I should deal with today. Then I left the bedroom and I was greeted by something much more urgent: all the animals. I pet the cats. I started the coffee pot. I fed the animals. I pet the cats. I thought about what might be for dinner. I let the dog out. Fixed my cup of coffee. Let the dog in. Pet the cats. Made my way to the guest room/my office and shut the door. Leaving all the animals in the hallway so I could get something done.

Why did I get up so early? Oh yeah, I've started a new job that will eventually require me to START working at 4:00. in. the. morning. So I should start moving my internal clock in that general direction. And there are lots of things to learn for this new job and that takes time.

But first, I did some reading. The only thing that pushes the anxieties and frustrations into their box is perspective. And perspective originates with God: Maker of Heaven and Earth. Today I read some C.S. Lewis. He has a handy way of capturing the tension we know in the fallen world because, as he always points out, we were created for another type of existence. We currently living in a dim, muddled place with our senses dulled and we are easily distracted by temporary challenges. We lose sight of the big picture: knowing God and being known by Him. But all of life's stressors are available to be used as reminders to lean in a little farther, trust a little more, and see them for what they are: lenses to reveal our deeper longings for true, foundational things: to be living according to our purpose: to know God and become more like Christ. The struggles of this life that we would wish away are the means by which we can connect the world we can see with the one we know is there. And to learn to expect the tension that exists between them.


And now that I've dealt with the foundational truth of the universe, I can move on to the mundane. Because while we may want to separate the mundane (earthbound) things from the heavenly, they are actually very much intertwined. We understand the one and live it out in the other.

And so I'm off to work. Which just means closing this tab and opening another one.

Tomorrow, maybe I'll explain what I'll be doing at 4AM.

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