Wasn't that a Michael Buble song? Actually, it is. :-) The title of the song is 'Feeling Good'. Have you heard it? I love his songs, so relaxing!
"It's a new dawn, It's a new day, It's a new life, for me and I'm feeling good." That's the chorus. Try googling it and listen! It just might start your day off better. :-)
If you think about it.... when you hear the beaten up, torn down, unhappy songs.... they tend to put you in that mood, don't you think? But when you hear a song about Hope, about Love, above 'feeling good'... you find that well, you don't feel so bad after all! Right?
I had a great lunch with my son yesterday. I love that he chooses to spend time with me when he can and we can have meaningful conversation. I noticed last night that I STILL forgot to give him a prayer wheel I have for him. Well, it is something I can give him 'next time'. :-) Always enjoy my time and conversation with him.
Speaking of my boys.... the youngest is taking hubby out for lunch today. That works. The oldest takes me to lunch, the youngest takes hubby! That works out well, don't you think? No, I'm not envious that my youngest takes hubby out. I'm happy he does. Today, though, I will get to have company during that time.... a great-granddaughter will come visit for a couple hours. Not sure yet what we will do; will depend on what mood she is in and if she wants to play with the dolls or bake cookies or what. Will need to see how it starts out. Usually the girls run to the back room to play with the dolls. Either way, we will have quality time together.
I'm sitting here looking at my list of 'things to do' and wondering what I should try to work on today. I could always add more things to the list, little things that have no urgency at all, but why make the list so long I don't want to do any of it? Some I don't want to do unless I'm alone; I don't need a supervisor, if you know what I mean. It's already 8:30a this morning.... yes, I'm writing this late, but it's Saturday.... first thing I'll do is take a shower and wash my hair (you needed to know that, didn't you!) when I'm done here as we have a celebration of life for a friend this afternoon that I plan to go to. I'll take it when I'm done here. I don't have to cook breakfast (which I haven't done for some time now) because hubby will have a big lunch, I'm sure. They probably will go where they can have steak. What is the big deal about steak, anyway? It's nice once in a while, but it's no biggie to me. Definitely not a 'deal breaker' on where to go. Actually, no food is a deal breaker for me. I need to eat less, not more.
Which reminds me, we tried our first meal in the Tovala oven last night - and it was good and easy! I was surprised, to say the least. I chose the teriyaki chicken bowl. I opened the box, the rice was already in it, I opened a packet and put the broccoli on top. Put the raw chicken in another container (furnished) and poured teriyaki sauce on it. Put both containers in the Tovala oven. Here is where it is unique. There is a card inside the food box, and I take the QR code for chicken and 'scan' it on the oven screen. It turns the oven on - goes to that temperature, sets the timer, and voila! It took 20 minutes! I followed the rest of the instructions of putting a lime vinegarette on the rice/broccoli, mix it up. Take the chicken out of the teriyaki sauce and cut it up, pour the sauce in the pan over the bowl - and - you know what? It was really good! We'll see how long I enjoy this type of 'cooking'. LOL
What brings you peace? Yes, that could be a loaded question. You may think it is getting off by yourself (and I agree, getting away by myself does bring me peace at times). You may think it is doing things you enjoy doing. And that could be true as well. What brings you real peace? One of my devotions this morning talked about Adam and Eve, and how they had such peace in the garden of Eden. And it only took one bite for that peace to fall away. Do you think Adam may have choked on that piece of fruit he ate from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil? Do you think he was immediately filled with fear at his disobedience? After all, God DID tell HIM....
Genesis 2:15-17 (ESV): The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, "You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die."
(I am reminded of my son's keychain 'But did you die?') And did Adam die? He surely did. God didn't tell Eve... but surely Adam told her, yes? So she had to know... but allowed the serpent the devil to entice her to eat of that tree anyway. And she gave it to her husband..... and he took of it. So God banished them from the beautiful Garden of Eden. They had to till the land, and labor under it.... but they never got to be in the garden again. That in itself was a loss to be repented up, you think? The peace that Adam and Eve had in the garden was taken away.
What causes you to lose peace? What gives you peace? Have you ever stopped to think about it? I have discovered one thing.... and I talk about it frequently.... clutter causes me distraction. When I can be in a room without a lot of clutter, I have peace. Does that make sense? Granted, that is rare, for I am a 'collector' of things I don't need but someone else might. Don't laugh! You are probable the same way! When I finally decide, after years of holding on to something, that I don't need it and get rid of it, I always need it. I can even give you an example - and you will laugh!!
I had this electric saucepan that I had gotten from Aunt Sue. I used it when all my burners were full. But, since I don't cook that quantity anymore, it has set in the garage for years. I finally decided to let it go when my daughter had a yard sale before she moved. This pan was probably 30 years old and still worked. Well, I thought about that pan a lot this year. Remember when my oven AND my stove were turned off for 3-4 months while we waited on the part for the oven? Yeah, I thought then that I sure wished I had that saucepan! Yes, I thought about buying another, but thank goodness, I held back on that urge! And we survived!
And there the rambling starts again, right? I couldn't sleep last night (probably still wound up from a night of worship at church!) and I've had trouble staying awake this morning. Hence, this is later than usual. Maybe my mind isn't functioning on full level yet and the ramblings are settling in? Perhaps that is also a sign that I need to get off here and get in the shower and 'clear my head'.
So with that... I'm off here today. Hopefully can manage to get some things done somehow. Spending time with a great-granddaughter will be a good break. Which reminds me, hubby made a comment about us going south in October to visit our granddaughter and her little family. I will need to check with her what would work best for them, and then look for a hotel. Now THAT brings me joy. Peace will follow. :-)
Have an amazing day and be kind to others. You don't know what they are going through that makes them do things that make no sense.
Blessings!
