I’m coming to you live from Allume with Lisa Jo and a bunch of the wonderful five minute Friday lovelies that I’ve spent the last 10 months getting to know. We wrote and shared and spoke into each other’s lives and it was beauty.
So here’s my five minutes on Voice.
I am tired.
I overschedule things, I undersleep, I overstress, I underpray, I overeat, I underexcercise. I am busy.
I am getting better at setting boundaries but I look at the tiny colored dots filling my calendar, each color representing a thing I have to do and I often retrace my steps and wonder where in the details did it become so much. Each color coded speck shining up from my iPhone telling me that a chunk of my life is already taken. Claimed by something or someone.
And if I know anything being a mother in America, it’s that life is busy. We are all so very busy, even when we’re not. I want to take the slow route and simmer in the moments with my kids. I want to let my husbands arms linger around my waist and rise to meet the space between us before I pull away to stir the steaming pot, or answer the ding of my phone reminding me that there is a list. Things to do and this must wait.
I want to push pause and pull down the hands that tick away, always pointing in some other direction than here. I want to pour mugs and put feet up and giggle with friends. I want to chase the sun down on paths while the leaves change color.
I want to drown out the noise and hear the voices. I want to slip away time’ and linger while the chocolate melts sweet on my tongue, the flavor of your fellowship. In this place, we gather around words, craft our prose and praise and lay it before Him, a testament to his place in our stories. And I hear you, sweet sisters, I want to look deep and see souls and soak in spirit. And in this place, we celebrate voice, the sweet chorus of our stories rising in worship.
Good Post! But remember taking rest is important… Thats the whole reason of a weekend… To rest and recharge! Your faith will help you. Also take time for your self, do thing you want to do!
I did get some much needed rest although it didn’t come in the form I’d expected. Yes, a good reminder to slow down and savor. I’m always preaching this to myself as I tend to be busy by default.
Alia Joy recently posted..Building Bridges and Baring Souls
“we celebrate voice, the sweet chorus of our stories rising in worship”……how lovely! Praying that your time away, sharing stories, brings you sweet fellowship and rejuvenates you!
Laurie recently posted..Day 26 ~ Five Minute Friday ~ VOICE
Thanks Laurie, It was an amazing time with so many beautiful writers. Appreciate your prayers, I am leaving physically exhausted but full of hope. God has been doing a lot.
Alia Joy recently posted..Building Bridges and Baring Souls
Fantastic post.
denise recently posted..Five Minute Friday/Voice
Thanks Denise.
Alia Joy recently posted..Building Bridges and Baring Souls
So good to hear your voice, Alia Joy! A voice that always rings true to me.
Paula Barnett recently posted..Grace {The Voice of Freedom}
Thanks Paula. I didn’t even know they were streaming it because we got to the party a tad late but how fun to be able to hear everyone. Were you guys able to hear the whole party?
I’m still lingering on your voice…savoring it from afar.
beautiful write, friend. So blessed by you!
Nikki recently posted..Claiming My Voice ~ Five Minute Friday
Thanks Nikki, I wish you were there. It wasn’t the same without your voice. We have a date for next year, right?
“I want to push pause and pull down the hands that tick away, always pointing in some other direction than here. ”
Now….*THAT* was a delicious bit of worship and prose. Thanks Alia. Your voice is one of the voices I’m talking about when I wrote as well. God is so good!
Lorretta recently posted..{voice} in the wilderness
Thanks so much Lorretta. I’m enjoying getting to know you better. What a blessing to gather all these precious voices together and say different things but with a common thread woven through them all. God is so very good, indeed!
Alia Joy recently posted..Building Bridges and Baring Souls
So much of what you’ve shared here I love, but even more than that I love your heart and am so thankful for you friend. Praying for you today that He gently reminds you (and me too) to slow down to make memories and savor all the good He gives us over and over. Much love. Blessings.
Awww, me too Wendy. Thanks for your sweet prayers. It is hard to do sometimes but it changes the position of my soul when I slow down and take pause. Be still is hard for me. Thanks for your faithfulness and friendship.
Alia Joy recently posted..Building Bridges and Baring Souls