5
Mercedes wakes around 7am every morning. I can’t do much until she eats…nursing moms understand this.
But this morning she didn’t stir until 7:15.
15 minutes.
Precious. So precious. Any mom will understand this.
So what did I do with my quarter-hour gift? I took out the trash.
And never, never has there been a more glorious 30 paces to a refuse receptacle. Bundled in my new down parka (thanks mom and dad Barkley!) and Nepalese wool hat, I would have guessed it was 20 degrees.
Actual temperature? 5.
I really just enjoyed a walk outside in 5 degree weather? Yes. The sun was just coming up, the air cool, the city skyline ablaze, the body warm, the legs moving, the heart lifted up to God.
What extravagant gifts on this December Friday morning.
You make the going out of the morning and the evening to shout for joy. Psalm 65:8
