with joy and gladness of heart
for the abundance of everything
Deuteronomy 28:47
proclaim the gospel
with fervor
bearing witness to beauty
with the joy of the faith
from Pope Benedict XVI's
prayer for September
these verses have been echoing around in my spirit
serving...
with joy
and gladness of heart
proclaiming the gospel
by bearing witness....to beauty
with joy
...the joy of the faith
I think we think it's different
evangelizing
standing on some kind of soap box
seeing some kind of an immediate visible affect
and when nothing seems to happen
somehow we become ineffective
we didn't speak the right words
didn't make an impression
didn't do enough
weren't good enough
didn't have enough faith
didn't have enough joy
but maybe it's simpler
maybe we don't have to worry so
about being good disciples
Godly servants
maybe our joy
and the humble gift of faith that we cling to
and long to grow in
is enough
and already delights our God, our Father
maybe our little lives
our busyness
our friday morning spiritual enrichment sessions
our letters
our sitting
and watching
a little hgtv
for the first time in forever!?!?
as I did a little prep for some of the little round 'finds'
for the weekend
somehow is...serving God
I hope that it is
but I always feel I should be doing something other
something on a soap box
something next to a hospital bed...again
something on a committee
something more
I will do something other
later
after
whatever I'm doing now is done being done
but
last year at this time
....like everyday...
...at any time...
I was busy too
preparing the attic
I remember the sweat dripping off of me
as I painted
just like it did today
as I sat tying
and
last year at this time
was the surreal weekend we had
with the future in laws
meeting and and dancing and drinking wine
a year ago...
this weekend
and this weekend
a bridal shower...
and in four weekends
they marry
and will serve the Lord our God
with joy
and gladness of heart...
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