I took on a 31 Days Writing Challenge to get back into blogging, again. I’ve been blogging quietly and communal, off and on for the past 10 years. I get anxious or overwhelmed with putting myself out there and then quickly close up shop. But I always come back…always. Blogging serves a creative good for me, confirmed over and over again by my husband and my spiritual father. So this morning, I said a prayer for strength. I know what I am supposed to be doing. I know why and I’m learning how. Now I need the strength. Sunday morning, I didn’t sit down with the intention to pray for strength. I sat down and read from Divine Intimacy and the section I read was all about the life of the apostolate. An in my reading, I felt compelled to write and the result was this prayer…
Daybook Online Journal
Welcome to my Daybook Online Journal. This is my place to keep a record of my days. If you keep your own Daybook or online journal, please leave a link in the comments so I can stop by for a visit.
Before You Speak
31 Days reading and writing about the book of Sirach. Today, Sirach 18:19–Before you speak, learn
And Then…A Heart Attack
So yesterday, we considered, what is ebola…to me. I shared with you ebola is a thief that has been lurking in the shadows of my mind since elementary school some 30 plus years ago. This definitely explains why I recently forbid my husband from flying…and he laughed. We’re a pretty good pair. But it’s not just ebola, there was as time when the fear was a heart attack and it was not lurking. That fear had me in a strangle hold for at least a year and wrestling that demon, left me with a mental limp even Jacob would recognize. {Genesis 32:25} This mental limp was a reminder that my battle was not against flesh and blood but against powers and principalities–this battle was ultimately in my mind.
What is Ebola
Oh yes I did. As part of my 31 Days Writing Challenge, I decided to tackle the word everyone is talking about, Googling and whispering. What is ebola? I am, obviously not a scientist. Maybe not so obvious, I also am not a medical professional–although I do play one in the middle of the night or after office hours whichever comes first–when one of my children gets sick. If you Googled “What is Ebola” looking for scientific or medical knowledge, you are clearly in the wrong place.
As you can tell by my introduction, I have no idea, medically speaking, what ebola is. I mean, I know it’s a virus, but I cannot explain those wormy looking diagrams of the virus I see on the internet. I can tell you the symptoms, or at least what I’ve read the symptoms are and I might be able to tell you how it’s transmitted provided the information would stay consistent or make sense, and I can tell you the most likely outcome. But this post is none of the above. Here, right now, I’m going to share with you what ebola is to me.
Mean Girls
Do you know some mean girls? I’m not asking you to think back to high school or junior high; I mean right now. Are you a mean girl? (I’m not excluding guys here, but based on comments, it’s the girls that hang out here at The Littlest Way. If you’re a guy and hang out here, welcome and let me know in the comments.) Back to mean girls…are you wondering how I’m going to work the topic of mean girls into my 31 Days Writing Challenge where I’m reading the book of Sirach? You’ll be surprised…let’s get to it.