A Wonderful Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving weekend has come and gone, but hopefully the lessons learned will stick with me for a change.
Shari and I had a wonderful Thanksgiving with my folks. We enjoyed time spent laughing, telling stories, sharing the prophetic words God had given us the weekend before, and eating.
I (not Shari, necessarily) had some awful times over Thanksgiving. I ate too much, and exercised too little. I spent zero time with God (praying over each meal doesn't count). Instead of walking through some pain with mom and dad and pointing them to Jesus in the process, I joined them in their angry responses, and added fuel to their unforgiveness towards somebody who was making life miserable for them. I stayed up late, and slept in too long, totally messing up my body's rhythms. The cost for much of these bad choices was some not too pleasant experiences physically, unrighteous anger towards my boys, and not necessarily enjoying all that God provided me with for a four-day weekend.
The lessons learned were important. I continue to struggle - to fight against - gluttony. I have had to admit that I have something of an allergy to milk - which means no more cold cereal for breakfast until we find a substitute we can afford. More importantly, though, I was reminded of the importance of practicing those disciplines that take care of myself, including my spiritual health. Nothing new, really, but good reminders that I apparently need regularly.
Other plusses to the weekend include spending time with a couple who are becoming good friends. Not only do they like games like us, but he enjoys mountain biking, and they both enjoy camping, so we're looking forward to some day and weekend trips in 2016. I finished two great books by two very different authors over the weekend: The Tournament at Gorlan by John Flanagan is a medieval, sort-of-parallel-universe-ish type book that takes place in Britain... in a fantasy-but-no-magic kind of way. Then To The Far Blue Mountains by Louis L'Amour was book two of the Sackett series. Not really a Western yet, but more a historical story about settling America. Great series by a great author.
I'm ready to jump back into the work week if for no other reason then to get a routine back. However, I've also jumped right into the Christmas spirit, with much of our Christmas shopping done on Friday (though in the afternoon - we're not crazy!), and Christmas music playing regularly. I love this time of year.
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Shari and I had a wonderful Thanksgiving with my folks. We enjoyed time spent laughing, telling stories, sharing the prophetic words God had given us the weekend before, and eating.
I (not Shari, necessarily) had some awful times over Thanksgiving. I ate too much, and exercised too little. I spent zero time with God (praying over each meal doesn't count). Instead of walking through some pain with mom and dad and pointing them to Jesus in the process, I joined them in their angry responses, and added fuel to their unforgiveness towards somebody who was making life miserable for them. I stayed up late, and slept in too long, totally messing up my body's rhythms. The cost for much of these bad choices was some not too pleasant experiences physically, unrighteous anger towards my boys, and not necessarily enjoying all that God provided me with for a four-day weekend.
The lessons learned were important. I continue to struggle - to fight against - gluttony. I have had to admit that I have something of an allergy to milk - which means no more cold cereal for breakfast until we find a substitute we can afford. More importantly, though, I was reminded of the importance of practicing those disciplines that take care of myself, including my spiritual health. Nothing new, really, but good reminders that I apparently need regularly.
Other plusses to the weekend include spending time with a couple who are becoming good friends. Not only do they like games like us, but he enjoys mountain biking, and they both enjoy camping, so we're looking forward to some day and weekend trips in 2016. I finished two great books by two very different authors over the weekend: The Tournament at Gorlan by John Flanagan is a medieval, sort-of-parallel-universe-ish type book that takes place in Britain... in a fantasy-but-no-magic kind of way. Then To The Far Blue Mountains by Louis L'Amour was book two of the Sackett series. Not really a Western yet, but more a historical story about settling America. Great series by a great author.
I'm ready to jump back into the work week if for no other reason then to get a routine back. However, I've also jumped right into the Christmas spirit, with much of our Christmas shopping done on Friday (though in the afternoon - we're not crazy!), and Christmas music playing regularly. I love this time of year.
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