I took a walk today in the late afternoon, and was inspired by the beauty around me...an unseasonably warm day, blue skies and the rustling leaves beneath my feet. There's really nothing like the fall in Michigan; some days just take my breath away! This was one of those days.
As I drank in the day, my mind turned to this page, one on which I haven't written for nearly six months. So much has happened during these many days, and yet, at the same time, so little. My life, once busy and filled with schedules, rehearsals, phone appointments and late nights, has become a model of simplicity. My days were always about what I was doing...now, my days are about being. My adult life has, in some ways, come full circle: when I got married, my focus was on being a wife, then a mother, teacher, production manager, director. Now, I'm back around to simply wife and mother. Most of my teaching is done, and, although one is never done being a mom, much of my day-to-day "mothering" has diminished. Wife I'll always be, as long as the Lord sees fit. There's so much more quiet in my days now; I make dinners again, I bake and I clean. And so, each morning, I take time to listen to the voice of my Father, as He leads me through days of non-complexity. And therein I find contentment...not happiness or sadness, boredom or confusion...but contentment, knowing that, through busyness or simplicity, the Anchor to my soul is sure and He alone is my Treasure. It is by His grace alone that I stand.
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