Lockdown 378

Lockdown Day 378 - 8 April 2021

Following my fortnightly home help (whom I have known for years) informing me she will be finishing at the end of April, I was confronted once again with somewhat of a little storm inside my own head. One I think many women struggle with at some point in their lives.

As in 2020 I am confronted with a do I/don't I  tug of war.

I know I can do it all with one hand (remember that advert?) and cleaning is an incredible core strengthening exercise.

And this time I cannot find a good enough reason to hand it over to someone new, again.

ONE thing this little pandemic created are homes that have become sacred spaces for those working from home. Because of the blurred lines between work life and home life, we are there all the time.

Depending on the size of the space, the number of @home working bodies and who cleans, it remains a conundrum for all.

In a certain sense our lives have been made simpler and have we learned to uncomplicate and unclutter certain ways of doing things. How I wish this were true for our online lives.

It is as if the world went into overdrive, but it overtook our personal space, our walk with God and human contact. Little children are getting used to a de-personalized 'faceless' world with as little human contact as possible.

So let's think about how we will move forward and what we are presenting to the world as children of God. Let's go back to what He created us to do, even within these constraints.

Tonight I offer up a prayer for each and every one of us, asking God to teach us how to integrate our design with this new lifestyle so we are not  faceless to anyone who is lost.

#Ggt