10 minutes a day - 2 week Challenge

This past week I had planned to be in Kentucky at the Red River Gorge with some really good friends of mine from Ohio, but a trip to the mechanic on the friday I was supposed to leave, made it very evident that I was not going to Kentucky:( My beloved ghetto truck "Quiaishia" needs a new clutch, and my mechanic could not get to it until this next monday. I looked into rental cars and other options and all were too expensive for me right now. I am allowed to drive my truck around the small town of Berwick but def not my hour drive to work up and down low-grade hills. So I pretty much got a little spring break at the house; a full week off :)

 I got a lot done: applied to what feels like a thousand jobs, did some spring cleaning, sold some stuff on ebay, did some paper work I had been putting off, had some time to dig into some commentaries for the study on Romans that I am doing right now. I was very grateful to have the time to do all of these things, but on Thursday I realized I really hadn't let myself rest and enjoy my time off.

My ADD and scatterbrained mentality that I have been becoming more aware of since moving to quiet, calm Berwick, was totally taking over my days off. I'm always creating giant lists of things I'm supposed to accomplish  and trying to cram them all in a day. Then at the end of the day on Thursday I realized I did not really sit and enjoy the beautiful property I get to live on, or sit and be quiet and still.

So I tried on Thursday to sit for 5 minutes...it was an epic failure, within 2 minutes I was up doing something.

Ive been doing a lot of studying of Romans this week and taking in a lot of information, I've been thinking about it during the days as I am doing other tasks but I really want to learn how to BE STILL and focus on God, rest in his peace, and let him speak through the things that I've been learning lately - not constantly blabbering to him about my silly thoughts and prayers. So I decided to challenge myself with 10 minutes a day of just sitting, being still, calming my thoughts, focusing on God.

I thought it would be impossible, but yesterday it was really sunny and warm and the feel of the sun on my skin helped make me stay put. Well see how the weekend goes with all the clouds and rain.

You should try it today - at least for 5 minutes!