My house is always too cold and draughty for bread products
to rise properly. That’s where the bread making machine comes in – a Christmas
gift a couple of years ago. It transformed my experience of trying to get the
traditional Potica to rise.
I just listened to a beautiful piece of music – a beautiful
peace of music recommended by Jamie. And I was thinking that it is musical
moments like that, and time spent sitting ‘doing nothing’ while resting in God,
that raise my inner spirit and help faith to ‘prove’ and rise.
These plague-ridden days can be a blast of arctic air on us
all. Brexit uncertainties, environmental emergency, homesickness and longing to
see loved ones: we are definitely in a frozen wasteland globally. But God is
there with us, Immanuel.
May you spend empty time wisely. May you identify moments
you can snatch for R&R with the Lord. All things are possible with God.
Even in the midst of crying or exuberant children, even in the midst of a long
to-do list, offer God a moment of your precious life and he will bless your
offering. Snuggle up to God and absorb his warmth and love, and let him trim
your wick and flare your inner light to take out into the dark winter days and
share the hope of the gospel.
Merry run-up to Christmas.
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