Looking out the window....
Bright sunny skies that make you forget that it's absolutely frigid! Last night we had sub-zero temperatures, so the current 18 degrees is a blessing. It's amazing that in Colorado the sun melts away some of the snow even though it's still below freezing.
A cool experience...
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| Since many of the recipients from the Loving Stitches ministry are connected with the members of Grace Fellowship who I don't know, I'm not usually involved in delivering the quilts to their new owners. However, the chancellor at Colorado Christian University (CCU) lost both of his parents this fall. Christa (on the left pictured with Chancellor Sweeting) and I both work at CCU, so we were given the honor of presenting the quilt to him. |
Favorite quote(s) of the week...
If I go upon the Lord’s
errand with a simple reliance upon His power and a single eye to His
glory, it is certain that He will be with me. His sending me commits Him
to back me up. Is not this enough? What more could I want? If all the
angels and archangels were with me, I might fail; but if God is with me,
I must succeed. - Charles Spurgeon, Faith's Checkbook, p. 21.
Ultimately every source of food is a gift, a provision, from God's hand. And when we adopt this attitude of gratitude, we actually defuse food's power over us. Thank of it this way: We don't abuse what we're thankful for. We abuse what we're angry at ourselves for wanting in the first place. - Heather Harpham Kopp, The Dieter's Prayer Book, p. 58.
I'm thinking about...
If you take a look at my 24 for 2024 list, you'll notice that many of the activities that would constitute a self investment were either incomplete or not even started, while items that benefited others were done. Things like dressing up, putting on makeup and establishing a skincare routine were trumped by making cards or quilting for charity.
I could have done both.
I pasted Dave Ramsey's saying about finances here because it also applies to self investments. How long have I heard that self care isn't selfish and that I can't care well for others if I don't treat myself well. It does seem normal to be "broke" when it comes to self investment and weird to have a rich life where everyone, including self, is well tended to.
So my quest this year is to find ways to invest in more self-care and in turn, be a better friend, better sister, better auntie, and most importantly, a better Christ follower. If y'all have any good ideas, let me know.
What I read this week...
- Self-Compassion by Kristin Neff 1/2 (Category: Cross reference)
- Lectures to My Students by Charles H. Spurgeon ✮✮✮✮
- What Christians Believe by C. S. Lewis ✮✮✮✮
I'm currently reading...
- Faith's Checkbook by Charles Spurgeon
- The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
- The Wisdom of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton
- The New American Standard Bible
This week's blog posts...
- Rewards points that got me a free oil change this time around.
- Trustworthy mechanics.
- A good car and the ability to drive it.
- Clean water in plenteous supply.
- A warm place to live.
- The beauty of sunshine and snow.
- Getting to enjoy one of the vacation days I had to swap out for sick leave during Christmas break. We are off for MLK day already, so I took the 17th off to give myself a four day weekend.
- Acrylic paint.
- Poster putty.
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