Again Seeker
An {again} seeker like me chases {re} words, the agains of rest, and repeat events that make life interesting.
It’s basically good psychology to talk about your problems with someone you trust, but today I realized it was also part of rest. Even if all someone does is actively listen while you say what’s on your mind, the process is cathartic and allows you to put your feelings into perspective. It helps you trust…
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Keck has been reading about managing stress. One of the ways he read about is something called grounding. Tonight he sat in the front yard with his bare feet in the grass for 30 minutes. The purpose is to rebalance the electrons in your body. It seems, say the experts, that our modern life keeps…
Read MoreMy hotspot was drained and I missed my deadline for writing tonight. I had to replenish the battery on my phone in order to connect to the internet. It’s kind of like me tonight. I need to be replenished too. I’m unmotivated. Stuck in a rut. Despite my recent vacation, I need a surge of…
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Just add water. Jesus answered her, “If you had known the gift of God and who it is who said to you, ‘Give me some water to drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” John 4:10, NET I once tried to focus on drinking water during Lent. I…
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As I looked at the odometer on my 2006 car, I realized that there are nearly 162,000+ miles on it. I was driving back to Oklahoma to help out my mom. While it wasn’t an exciting drive or a full onslaught of Sunday morning praise and worship, I found myself rejoicing. I have no car…
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This is a complicated again word that spoke to me this morning. Apparently it was Dictionary.com‘s word of the day recently. I had to look it up. Refugium means “an area where special environmental circumstances have enabled a species or a community of species to survive after extinction in surrounding areas.” Biologically speaking it’s a…
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Reassure means to restore to confidence. I seem to need this more than others. However, I often need to have multiple forms of reassurance. My friend Dana reminded me one day that I didn’t have to take a certain situation. I could make a change. It was then that I started looking for a resolution.…
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The power of naps is seriously underrated. Especially on a Sunday. The day of rest. Keck and I have gotten into the habit of going to Gloria’s after church. When we come home the first thing I do is put on my pajamas and take a nap. When I was little and we would have…
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My mom used to make all my clothes. All of them. She could take a remnant and turn it into a skirt or a blouse or a pair of shorts. As a matter of fact, she used up all those bits and pieces, the leftovers of other sewing projects, to make a prototype for my…
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Rectify — I always have to do it to my mom’s phone. The latest system isn’t installed. She has several, make that hundreds, unread and unnecessary emails. With no wi-fi, I had to use my hotspot to download the latest version of the software and generally optimize all the settings. I have to do it…
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