Saturday
Dear Elsie
It was a treat to speak to you today. My favourite moment was when you were showing me round the new building and as you were walking, I was telling Granpa how clever you are and all the good things about you. As I spoke, you were smiling this big smile as all the affirmation settled into your soul!
For us, it was a relatively quiet day where I cleaned our apartment. It feels so good to get it properly clean. I’ve done quite a lot of carpet sweeping over the last few weeks because the cats are great shedders! And Raiku loves stalking the broom while I’m using it which makes sweeping super fun. We are getting into the routine with them now. As soon as it’s light, I let them out the house and they come and go as they please. Claw’d is more a home bod and spends more time coming and going. Raiku stays away longer, but saunters in a few times a day. As soon as it gets late and I see they are both in, I close the window and they are in for the rest of the night.
I’ve been thinking about my broken mug. When it broke, months ago, there were two things happened. My immediate thought was ‘ah, a cruise mug is broken, we’ll have to go on a cruise to get a replacement!’. The other was a strange desire to make that my mug of choice. I didn’t really know why until a day or two ago, when I announced just because it is broken it doesn’t mean it can’t be used. And after saying that, I reflected, ‘just because I’m broken, it doesn’t mean I can’t be used.’
I guess we all feel broken at times. Just because you are broken, it doesn’t mean you can’t be used.
The big deep clean was not without purpose. It hasn’t been done for a while, but it got properly done because the Berettas are coming for Best of Both. I’d better get to the kitchen.
Psalm 139:23-24
Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
It’s not about now – we are only passing through.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Gran xx