Hope & Question

humbling challenge

if you can't tell, i've been reading ezekiel lately. shawn and i were reading it 'together.' he's finished. i still have a few chapters left. but i've been really getting into it and chapter 33 really has hit me the past couple of days.
it's 'our' turn to lead morning devotion time at work (none of the profs are here, though, so it's up to me and paty, the other admin assistant).
so i shared ezekiel 33:14-16 "'On the other hand, if I tell a wicked person, "You'll die for your wicked life," and he repents of his sin and starts living a righteous and just life—being generous to the down-and-out, restoring what he had stolen, cultivating life-nourishing ways that don't hurt others—he'll live. He won't die. None of his sins will be kept on the books. He's doing what's right, living a good life. He'll live."
i asked the non-rhetorical question, 'what does it look like to "be generous to the down-and-out"?'. one guy spoke up and said, 'Loren and what she does at the transitional home for single moms.' wow. i was humbled. but then i thought about the rest of that 'list' and how much i don't live in a way that cultivates life-nourishing ways that don't hurt others. that's my prayer...that i would moment by moment live that way. mostly with my words (or lack there of).

today's been a better day. i went and painted pottery last night. that is amazingly therapeutic. we went to Ceramics in the City to celebrate the summer intern's last night. We had such a good time. I'll get my piece Sunday. I'll try and get some pictures of it (if it's good enough) and share it. I'm not the most creative person in the world, but just focusing and following through from idea to finished product really puts me in a good mood. It's happy.

posted by Loren @ 2:21 PM