~ Advent and the longing for peace ~
Satan was on my shoulder this weekend. I'm ashamed to admit that he won yesterday. Something about this season has always brought out a lot of emotion in me. I suppose it has to do with the holidays, as well as celebrating milestones/birthdays. I don't know,...in ways it's gotten easier over the years and in other ways harder. Nonetheless, I let the evil one win and stayed in bed most of yesterday. Today, I was determined not to do that, but boy did I have to fight. I am thankful for a faithful and loving husband who knows when I need a day of burying myself under the covers; and I am thankful for a faithful, compassionate friend who encourages me, yet doesn't give me easy outs. We were late and more than a little discombobulated when we ran into church this morning, but we made it. Several times I thought about all the reasons it just wasn't going to happen today...shouldn't happen today...wasn't the right day...wasn't the right time...we would just sta...