Spring is on its way...

 At least,  Spring should be on its way. Christofer and I heard a distant twit this morning ...it was weak and perhaps a little muffled by all the snow, but indeed, it was a  Spring bird, crying out for its right to sing once again. It's been a beautiful day, lots of sun, still cold, but definitely above minus. Christofer and I woke up early and worked out before work, rather impressive for us since we usually opt for working out after work, which means only half the energy and only half the effort. The day went swimmingly. I made a budget, worked on Zerply's blog, read lots of articles and had a lovely lunch with my husband. That's the great thing about living in a city, going out to eat means walking fifteen minutes, fifteen minutes to the restaurant and fifteen minutes back, that makes for a half hour walk! Absolutely incredible for Christofer, who complained if we took a five minute walk back in Vagnhärad. I suppose in a city it's not considered a walk since there is so much around you to distract you, that's one negative thing about a city. Distraction comes in plenty. I've never been great at concentration which is a perfect way to introduce the other topic that has been on my mind lately. Devotions.


  Devotions or 'quite time with God' as many Christians like to quip, is probably one of the most vital parts of being a Christian and probably one of the most difficult. How can we claim to love God if we don't spend time with him? After all, those we love we invest time in right? Well, I've been contemplating my time with God which, unfortunately, often comes down to a fifteen minute Bible reading and a hurried pray. It makes me wonder if perhaps I would be better off with five minutes of concentrated prayer instead. Of course, it would be naive to assume that its just a lack of discipline that hinders my time and all our time with God, but it also makes me wonder if perhaps I and others assume time with God has to be in a certain place at a certain time with a certain motive. Perhaps time with God is better off spent in the middle of our day, out in the middle of a crowd, as long as our hearts and minds are concentrated on him. Of course, I know Matthew talks about going into your chamber and praying and I believe wholeheartedly in that concept, but, well,perhaps the key is to not allow our time with God to become stagnate, but to remember that God is with us in everything, he is not limited by our time and our space. Lots of thoughts swimming around. Recently, I've been listening to 'Mere Christianity'. If you haven't read it, please do! An extremely encouraging and biblically sound view of Christianity. 

God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.-C.S Lewis 

Ahh, Taaniel just brought pizza in. Yum!