DO OVER!

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Yesterday was a mulligan... or as some would ask... may we please have a do-over?

When our boys were on the summer swim team, we had to volunteer to do a job at each swim meet.
Often, that job was being a "timer". It was very important that we pay close attention, and start our stopwatches at the precise moment that the beep went off, the light flashed, and the swimmers dove into the pool. Each lane had 2 timers, but there was another volunteer off to the side that was a "backup timer".  So if there was a distraction, and we missed the start, we could yell out:  BACKUP! And the "back-up timer"  would rush right over to the lane, and save us! Sean often teased that he wished that life was like that... wouldn't it be great if  we could call for "back-up" everytime we messed up... and we would be relieved of any responsibility for our mess-ups?

The isolation is catching up to everyone I know! We are all anxious to move on to a more normal life... whatever that will look like! But after yesterday... this was the mediation for today from All Will Be Well... written by St. Julian of Norwich's (1342-1423). Perfect! A God-shot!

For we consider some actions good and others wrong, but God does not look upon them so: for God has made all things, so all that is done is in some way God's doing. 

For it is easy to see that the best actions are well done, but the smallest actions also share this character, because all things have been accomplished according to the nature and plan ordered by God from the beginning.

Is there something from the past that you felt at one time to be a failure? Can you see now that God was working toward a good end? Take it to God in prayer. Ask God to comfort you in the rightness of what happened.

Be relaxed in this meditation; don't push too hard {Maureen} Let God comfort you!

Hang tough y'all... God's got this... one day at a time!

LYM,
Reenie