Well, friends! I tried to make it here last month for Currently and a whole lot of other posts, but work completely drained my mind and creative juices. So here I go again. I’m trying to get back on the horse and ridge again…
Making ~ Probably like many of us I’m making most of my meals at home. This is typically normal for us because I do like to cook my own meals BUT not having an option (until May 1st) to go out to a restaurant has made me realize how much I do enjoy that privilege.
Missing ~ I have been missing my work family. I’ve been mostly working from home but will go into the office twice a week for 1/2 days to take care of the mail, etc. No one else has really been in to keep to social distancing enforced. I also miss wearing workwear. I really do!
Learning ~ I’m learning a lot through COVID-19…especially this posted by a friend and written by a stranged to me:
The COVID-19 Revelation!
We’ve all been exposed.
Not necessarily to the virus
(maybe…who even knows)?
We’ve all been exposed BY the virus.
Corona is exposing us.
Exposing our weak sides.
Exposing our dark sides.
Exposing what normally lays far beneath the surface of our souls,
hidden by the invisible masks we wear.
Now exposed by the paper masks we can’t hide far enough behind.
Corona is exposing our addiction to comfort.
Our obsession with control.
Our compulsion to hoard.
Our protection of self.
Corona is peeling back our layers.
Tearing down our walls.
Revealing our illusions.
Leveling our best-laid plans.
Corona is exposing the gods we worship:
Our health
Our hurry
Our sense of security.
Our favorite lies
Our secret lusts
Our misplaced trust.
Corona is calling everything into question:
What is the church without a building?
What is my worth without an income?
How do we plan without certainty?
How do we love despite risk?
Corona is exposing me.
My mindless numbing
My endless scrolling
My careless words
My fragile nerves.
We’ve all been exposed.
Our junk laid bare.
Our fears made known.
The band-aid torn.
The masquerade done.
So what now? What’s left?
Clean hands
Clear eyes
Tender hearts.
What Corona reveals, God can heal.
Come Lord Jesus.
Have mercy on us.
Fr. Greg
Loving ~ The idea of having a pool in the backyard this summer. We are still living with my friend (Carrie, yep same name and same spelling) and her home has a pool. Bring on the hot summer days!
Reading ~ Mostly I’ve been reading my Bible. I have really needed to hear the voice of the Lord to combat the voices in the world. I have a few books checked out from the library, but I haven’t really gotten into them.
That’s what I’ve been up to Currently. Looking forward to reading what’s been happening in your world.
Be blessed ~ Carrie
Linking up with Anne in Residence
Erin @ Cracker Crumb Life says
That poem is so true. Thank you for sharing it with us!
And yes to a pool for the summer!!
Anne says
Oh boy – that poem really does encapsulate this situation. Thanks for sharing. And yay for having access to a pool – good to find some bright spots in all of this, and that sounds like an especially good one.
Hang in there, and thanks for joining in!
Kristin says
I’ve been reading the Bible this year too, with a schedule/reading plan. It’s been prettttttty helpful as we navigate 2020! 🙂
Kellyann Rohr says
When I started working from home 2 years ago the ONLY thing I missed was my workwear! I’ve decided I want a job that requires me to get up and get dressed, walk in, say hello to everyone and then head home! Ha!
xo,
Kellyann
ShootingStarsMag says
My pool was never open last summer – needed some expensive repairs – but it’s looking amazing right now, and I’m SO thankful I have a pool and that I can use it this summer.
-lauren
Jennifer Smith says
Oh my – a backyard pool! What a dream:) Of course, summer would actually have to come and stay. We had the most beautiful (almost like summer) weather last weekend….and tonight’s forecast is a freeze warning and maybe flurries!??!
Leslie Susan Clingan says
Hey doll!! You have been missed! Glad to catch up with you a bit in this post. I have been more faithful to my devotional time and Bible reading lately, too. I am almost finished with the book club’s May choice, “In Five Years” and it has been a very good book. It is kind of short and the author moves the story along very quickly. I am having trouble focusing on most thing in life right now but this has kept my attention and interest.
April says
Excellent poem. This is so true for me right now. Having to keep up with 4 kids’ computer school work has exposed all sorts of negative things about me, for sure.