2 Weeks Later

OK, so I got sick again, I kid you not... My Lent resolution continues to be a challenge, although I have to admit not this is not just 'cos of a couple more sick days. Still, as I am on the up this afternoon, I have had a look at the diary and am seriously considering taking a full day out at the end of the month to actually do it - fast and pray. Not totally committed to this yet but hoping that by making it public, this might help push me along.

Time, again

OK, so I'm writing this out of sheer determination because I said I'd blog once a fortnight and decided this was a realistic and helpful goal. What was I thinking?! I lost half of the past week to one of the dreaded flu-like lurgies that's been going round Vienna since, like October (it's March now, can we please be healthily, happily dancing around meadows instead?) And I'm madly trying to sort stuff out so I can leave the office tomorrow eve and head away for a few days off. So the combination of the past few days of feeling rough + the coming few days of being away seems to have compressed everything I need/want/must get done into today. I'm trying to keep a clear head and not get stressed about the little things. Hard as it is to believe, most of the above need/want/must do's are actually not really matters of life or death urgency...

Since I'm now on the subject of time, it occurs to me that my Lenten resolution to set longer periods of time aside for quiet, for time with God, has also been put to the challenge. At least two of the chunks of time I set aside and specifically blocked off have not happened because I wasn't well. I've tried to make sure I haven't lost them completely, I've tried to catch up or re-schedule them but it doesn't feel as if it's quite worked. I hope and even pray that my Lenten resolution won't disappear. I guess in a fortnight I can let you know how it's going. It also occurs to me that as I have many people who support me in prayer, this is a request I should be sharing. I can't guarantee that in two weeks' time I'll be satisfied with how things have worked out but the point of this resolution is not to tick off sessions but to hear more of God's voice in my life. So perhaps it is really worth writing about...