For the Beauty of the Earth

Yay for a successful wake-up to our 7am alarm! Made it to church for the early experience so that we could be refreshed before volunteering in the kids' area. Awesome message finishing up the Small Things, Big Difference series. "Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most." I loved the point Pastor Craig made about people being disciplined - period. We are either disciplined in things that move us forward in life or things that keep us where we are. We left encouraged to answer the question "what do you want most?" and come up with one discipline that needs to be started now in order to have what you want. For me, it's getting up at 7am every morning so that I can do my yoga and strengthening exercises and have quiet time before the rush of the day (i.e. kids) begins. There's such an overflow of success from just that one simple thing of getting up at a reasonable time and on purpose instead of just waiting until we've reached red alert wake up status.

After a quick lunch of quesadillas at home, we headed out to drop Zoe off for a birthday party. While she was there, we had fun doing Ingress missions all over Sand Springs. We ran into a friend of Rod's from work....on the enemy team....attacking a portal we'd claimed. Another selling point for Ingress: fun with your community and friends. We even found an old cemetery in the Atwoods parking lot. We would never have noticed it without playing the game. I love how it awakens us to our surroundings and takes us to see things we would never have taken the time to find.

The boys were hopeful of a trip to the park as well, so we spent some time at Chandler Park. I had fun hiking a nature trail with my boys. I don't know that I'll be able to do that particular trail much longer. Balance and motility are becoming much more interesting as I'm progressing in this pregnancy. I loved the beauty of this tree, though, and the roots that were made visible. So thankful for the ability to enjoy the beauty of the earth around me. Perfect way to spend a Sunday afternoon. I feel that I commune on a different level with Yahweh when I'm out in nature. Distractions seem quieter and He seems louder.