1. Fathers. I miss my dad, but he left me so much. I’m so thankful for him. Then there’s my boys’ father -- that would be my sweet hubby. He’s a wonderful husband and an awesome dad. I wrote about him in this post. We celebrated him on Father’s Day! So thankful for these guys!
2. Another good book. I know, I sound like a broken record. But what can I say – I’m a bibliophile! Davis Bunn is one of my favorite contemporary Christian authors, and I read The Centurion’s Daughter last week. I’m finishing The Hidden Flame, its sequel, this week. Love both of them!
3. An anniversary. It’s been a few years, and still I’m crazy about this man. (That would be the guy in number 1.) We had a special evening out, and I’m thankful for all those years. I wrote about marriage and writing here, if you'd like to check it out.
4. Travel. I do love it, and we’re going to do some in the coming weeks. I look forward to seeing family, experiencing God’s creation, and enjoying some quiet, relaxing time. That puts me in mind of a G.K. Chesterton quote:
The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see.
May I always be a traveler, seeing all there is around me, taking it all in whether it’s my destination or not.
5. A quote about faith as a way of life. Rebecca at Wonders Never Cease introduced me to a fascinating book this week, An Altar in the World by Barbara Brown Taylor.
"In a world of too much information about almost everything, bodily practices can provide great relief. To make bread or love, to dig in the earth, to feed an animal or cook for a stranger – these activities require no extensive commentary, no lucid theology. All they require is someone willing to bend, reach, chop , stir…and yet these are the same activities that change lives, sometimes all at once or sometimes more slowly, the way dripping water changes stone. In a world where faith is often construed as a way of thinking, bodily practices remind the willing that faith is a way of life."
Bend, reach, chop, stir – don’t those sound like activities we women perform every day? Faith, as a way of life.
Wishing you a wonderful week!
