What a weekend!
I woke on Saturday morning and sat outside on the porch, enjoying my morning coffee. The sun was shining, there was a lovely breeze, the birds were chirping. It’s become one of my favorite ways to start my day lately. It fills my soul with peace and I crave that quiet to think and pray and begin my day in a good way rather than jumping right into all the things.
Did you watch the SpaceX launch? As someone who once seriously considered the space program as a future career, anything to do with NASA is exciting to me. And it was definitely exciting and emotional and thrilling to watch history happen – the first manned space launch by NASA in nearly a decade! Yes!
I finally started the 20/20 Bible Study by Christine Caine. My mom got me the study book for Christmas and Lifeway has videos that go along with it online. I was first introduced to her last fall when I attended a Propel Women’s Conference at my BFF’s church. God has definitely given her a gift of sharing His word with women. Listening to her is always very moving. Plus, she’s got that great Australian accent that’s fun to listen to. 🙂
I ended up on the couch in the evening. I had been sneezing all day and had a runny nose and headache. I thought I was coming down with a cold and drank some OJ, ate chicken noodle soup, and sipped on some ginger tea. But it wasn’t actually a cold. The pollen around here is CRAZY lately, and we figured out that I had allergies going on. I never used to have any problems with pollen, but it’s gotten worse for me the past few years. Ugh!
On Saturday evening, I turned in for the night and happened to see a post on Facebook from a friend about the protests happening in downtown Grand Rapids. I clicked over to our local news and caught live video just after police used tear gas on rioters. There had been a peaceful protest earlier in the night, which later turned violent. Buildings and vehicles burned, windows of local businesses smashed out and looted, graffiti all over the police department. My best friend lives close to downtown, and I immediately sent off a text to make sure she was okay. She was out of town, thankfully.
Sunday morning, the first thing I saw were reports of hundreds of people converging on the city to begin the cleanup, working together. It was a beautiful sight to see.
After watching our church service online, Jake and I went for a nice walk together. It was a gorgeous day, and the wildflowers along our walk were beautiful. I ended up going out to my parents’ farm later in the afternoon and went for another walk with my mom back their lane, and then sat and chatted for a couple hours. Was a nice afternoon with my mama. 🙂
I have a lot of thoughts about all that is going on in our country right now that I am working through, but as soon as I saw this graphic by @ohhappydani on Instagram, I knew it perfectly illustrated what I wanted to say but hadn’t found words for.
Change has to start within each of us, in our own hearts and homes!
