Today I'm grateful for our Coffee Table Communion group. We gathered and read Sunday's Scriptures, and really delved into what it means to bear one another's burdens, and to bear witness. It's always a joy to be with them, but today was just very rich and powerful. I'm praying to know more about what witness I am called to bear, and what burdens. It can be tempting to assign myself burdens and ignore the ones that God might have in mind for me! Can I choose my burdens, please? I'm reminded that Jesus promises that his burden is light. Perhaps if I trust God to show me my burden, it will not be as onerous as I fear - or as the one I might choose for myself!
I'm also grateful for friends who remind me to treat creation with reverence. We're being besieged by several species of insect right now, and I'm feeling desperate and violent. Laurel and Cathy found a pupa, something waiting to grow. I knocked it off the side of the house, and they were horrified: "You don't know what that will become! It might be a beautiful butterfly!" And they took it to a nearby tree and made it a new shelter. I was humbled (and hoping it is not more of the stink bugs or the roach-like things).
What are you grateful for today?
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