One of my goals for this year was to blog more, which led me to commit to publishing a blog post weekly. To help with this, I set up a reminder and have been consistently meeting my goal. To God be the glory. However, when today’s reminder came up, I realized I had nothing prepared and, honestly, I didn’t feel like writing. Then I remembered I had planned to try out a craft idea from the end of the first week’s Bible study guide that we just started in the women’s fellowship at my church. So, I got to work, allowing my inner child to have fun creating while also memorizing a memory verse. You could say I was spending time with God as well.

After I finished, I felt good, and the worries about not meeting my to-do list for the day were minimized. Interestingly, in my profession, I emphasize the importance of self-care and self-compassion to my clients, yet today, I struggled to extend the same kindness to myself. How ironic.

If I may extend this olive branch, what is one thing you have done for yourself today? Slow down, take a deep breath, and smell the roses as you take in the view of God’s beautiful creation, or do as I did and work on some crafts. Remember, you are enough, and you can only pour from a cup that is overflowing. I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day.

Shalom,

Sosasmama