“Morning doesn’t start with coffee. Morning starts with your evening.” This was my takeaway from the book my husband and I read “Leading On Empty” by Wayne Cordeiro.

Trupurile egiptenilor erau încă calde. Marea Roșie, cu peștii săi, din nou întinși pe orizontală. Încă se mai auzeau clinchetele tamburinelor lăsând pe Miriam și femeile gâfâind dansând pe hitul numărul 1, Cântarea lui Moise: „Cântați Domnului, căci a biruit cu slavă; calul și călărețul său i-a aruncat în mare.” (Exodul 15)

The Egyptian bodies were still warm. The Red Sea with its fish reclining horizontally again. You could still hear the jingles of Miriam’s tambourine and the women out of breath dancing to #1 hit, The Song of Moses “Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.” (Exodus 15)

Picture made by Bella Tully

It was at the end of a workshop when a lady handed me a chewing gum. Like Mr. Bean lined up to meet the Queen, I almost cupped my hands to sniff my own breath. Why was she giving me this? I grabbed the gum anyway. As any soviet would with freebies.

If anyone needed a therapist, it was Jacob. He was a hot mess.

The devil has us convinced that Leviticus is for the scholars, Numbers is boring, Isaiah is confusing, and Ecclesiastes– down right depressive. “Meaningless. All is meaningless.” As my oldest would say. So we made peace with knowing little, crutching on Psalms and Proverbs for our devotional time.

Simplitatea e spațioasă. Iar eliminarea haosului din viața noastră este esențială.

There’s much freedom in simplicity. Decluttering our life is vital.

After herding sheep about 12,000 times in 40 years, a burning thorn-bush in the desert shocked Moses as much as a Californian is shocked by wildfires in July.