Spice of Life

Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness For His name's sake.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This past weekend we went on our first church retreat and it was so refreshing and renewing to my soul.  The title of the retreat was Playful Monasticism and the focus was Lectio Devina; an ancient art that is practiced through slow, contemplative praying of the Scriptures.  On Saturday we focused on Psalm 23 and we watched a video that really impacted me.  It showed a man taking a group of people on a tour in Egypt and helping them to see Psalm 23 in a new way.  When I was growing up reading this Psalm I always pictured "green pastures" as beautiful rolling green hills that went on and on forever.  The writer however was not living in Ireland or some lush green country, he was living in a barren desert...

Touch The Sky When the cold wind is calling And the sky is clear and bright Misty mountains sing and beckon, "Lead me out into the light" I will ride, I will fly Chase the wind and touch the sky I will fly Chase the wind and touch the sky Where dark woods hide secrets And mountains are fierce and bold Deep waters hold reflections Of times lost long ago I will hear their every story Take hold of my own dream Be as strong as the seas are stormy And proud as an eagle's scream I will ride, I will fly Chase the wind and touch the sky I will fly Chase the wind and touch the sky ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you've seen the Disney Pixar movie Brave you probably recognize that song.  I know I've blogged about that movie before and I've definitely talked about it a lot...well, I just love it!  It's by far my favorite Disney movie and definitely one of my favorite movies ever.  I was watching it with Zoe today for prob...

Tomorrow my baby starts kindergarten.  Well he's not a baby anymore of course, he's 5!  Just like any mom can relate though, he's my baby and always will be.  ;)  I've had a couple months, since we decided to send him to school instead of home schooling, to wrap my mind around this whole thing.  It's occurred to me that we are about to enter warp speed.  People are always saying "it goes by so fast!"  Now it has hit me...yes, yes it does.  I think the catch 22 is that you don't realize it's going fast until it's already gone by.  I'm so excited for him to make friends, learn new things and have fun.  I'm super excited to have some time to spend with just Zoe and for them to have a few hours away from each other.  Then there's the other side of me that's thinking, where did my little baby go?  I have a kid starting school?  Whaaaaaat!?  It's pretty unreal.  I want to treasure each new moment and discovery...