As I wake up every morning my first choice is, how am I going to receive the gift of the day. Sometimes I awaken with ruminating thoughts of all I have to do. At that moment I have to decide do I keep ruminating and spiral down into a bad day even before I get out of bed, or do I say something like, "Yep my day is full and running over but I have everything I need to give the best I have to the day."
Whichever one I choose, and I confess some mornings the choice is harder to make than others, but regardless, the one I choose will impact the rest of my day. One will rob me of seeing the good life that God has intended me to live day to day. The other will guide me into the fullness of God's strength and provisions provided everyday.
Day after day the good life begins or ends before our feet hit the floor.
This week we continue with our series: Living the Good Life. We are focusing on three innate qualities - Humility, Gentleness, and Patience. On Sunday we will turn our attention to Gentleness. The scriptures say that gentleness turns away wrath. Boy, there have been times I wish I would have heeded such wisdom.
I hope you can attend worship this weekend to be inspired by the gentle moving of the Spirit as we talk about how gentleness leads to a good life.
Here are a couple of important things coming up.
Right after worship we will move into our Linger Longer time by sharing
Reconnect
.
We kicked this off last month and more than 30 people had an awesome time.
Reconnect is a play-based one hour experience featuring connection games, mindfulness, breath work and simple standing yoga movement.
This one hour session will develop reconnection to joy and provide simple skills and tools to integrate more calmness into our busy lives.
Reconnect is available to all ages so come as you are; come with an open heart and a willingness to play!
The evening of March 8 and half a day on March 9 we are offering:
Enrich Your Marriage Workshop
. In this workshop you will learn how to create the “couple bubble” that allows for meaningful connection, sense of trust, and a secure relationship. You will also understand what’s behind your cycle of conflict, discover new ways of handling conflict, and more!
Cathy and I attended this last time and we are here to tell you it was fun, engaging and most important, practical and helpful. This workshop is for anyone married, no matter how good or challenging your marriage might be.
See you soon,
