Daybook on a dark November evening

A snapshot of life right now..

:: Outside my window...

it is dark, 8:30pm on a Wednesday night.  The girls are at a friends’ house and my husband and son are at scouts.  They will all return together in about 20 minutes.  I am savoring the quiet…

::I am thinking...

about those I know and love who are suffering through physical trials right now.

::I am thankful...

for my church family and the opportunity to be a part of what God is doing in our midst.

::In the kitchen...

the swish, swish of the dishwasher.  All is tidy after a filling and warm dinner of cream of broccoli soup and grilled cheese sandwiches before sending the boys off to scouts.

::I am wearing...

my current favorite black cardigan, old Lands’ End jeans, gray long-sleeved t-shirt and my turquoise scarf.

:I am creating...

an accurate address list to send out our first Christmas cards in YEARS, and a half-page letter to include with our card.

::I am going...

to the gym in the morning for abs and spinning (cycling class). 

::I am wondering...

how I can slow this precious month to savor all the beauty, wonder and truth.

::I am reading...

Emma for our next Jane Austen book club.  I am liking her a LOT less than Elizabeth Bennett!

::I am hoping...

to get that phone call soon

::I am looking forward to...

my son’s first band concert in a couple of weeks.  My family coming home tonight!

::A favorite quote for today...

Romans 4: 17 – 20, Msg

“…because he dared to trust God to do what only God could do: raise the dead to life, with a word make something out of nothing.  When everything was hopless, Abraham believed anyway, deciding to live not on the basis of what he saw he couldn’t do but on what God said he would do…”