Friday "Feels" (or maybe Friday "Thinks")

 

You will keep in perfect peace

those whose minds are steadfast

because they trust in You.

Trust in the LORD forever,

for the LORD, the LORD himself 

is the Rock eternal.

Isaiah 26:3-4

And here we are.  The wrapping up of another work week.  At least for those of us who do the Monday to Friday thing.  

I think Friday has a special feel for everyone though.  It's a echo of all those years in school perhaps.  Or Friday night family times.  Or getting away for the weekend times.  Or whatever makes the rhythms of life work for us.

It's been a decent week for me.  Enough checked off the list to feel good about.  An even balance of the work I relish and the work I have to do.  A positive start on something new.  Traction on all four of the upcoming sermons I'm working on.  Life giving conversations outside in the sunshine.  A little bit of yard clean up in the warmer at-last weather.

There was also 'hard news' from two distant, unrelated friends, frustrations about sensitive matters that mean a lot to me but over which I have zero control, and the need again to self-advocate on an important value that I thought was fully embraced by everyone but apparently not.  These things don't show up on the list, but bang around in my head, and require significant energy to "keep every thought captive" (2 Corinthians 10:5), and my mind "steadfast because [I] trust in You" (Isaiah 26:3).

Shalom, shalom.  Perfect peace.

So I get to this particular Friday morning grateful for

a good night's sleep

a willowy sunrise

a new list to create, fresh for next week

the anticipation of lunch with a friend

the anticipation of running some happy errands with Ken

the many, many abundant gifts of my life

and reminders of God's long faithfulness.

Hope your Friday is good to you.

And if you need it, sending some peace your way.