Really Watching the Joy

I’ve been feeling rather quiet of late. Introspective, I guess. I let some people know that I was going to take a 40 day computer fast (with exception of looking up school related topics and possibly blogging.) I chuckled when I wrote “possibly blogging.” It seems forever since I posted yet I felt I’d be posting.

Last night one of my friends said that I was a “good example” by taking a fast from the computer. I just see it as being obedient to a prodding in my heart.

I've been feeling like I need to really step back and "be" again. I got my first prompting loud and clear in August and I did step back from a lot of activities. I really am thankful that I did obey the promptings. It didn’t make sense at the time. In hindsight, I can see the benefit of listening to the prompting.

This time, however, the prodding is more of a quiet sense of stepping back. It’s as if I've been quietly slipped an invitation to watch something wondrous unfold before my eyes. I don't know... Maybe it's just watching the joy of Advent in my children's eyes. I mean, really watching the joy.