hey there!
you know what i've been loving recently? being a girl. its fabulous. i've decided that spending quality time with your gal pals may just be one of the most important things in a girls life. i go to an all girls school, so i am always seeing my friends, but if you think about it, how much do you actually talk? often it's only the old, 'hello, talk to you soon' thing, but how often do we take a lot of time out to just be girls and relish in each other's presence?
i know that this is something that i don't do a lot. this past few weeks, especially having school holidays, i have really focused on trying to spend quality time with as many people as i could. i am an extrovert by nature, so i had some practice listening to people rather than just talk talk talking. my best friends and i have become so much closer to each other and i have reconnected with people that i don't see as often as i probably would like to. i'm sure this is the same for guys as well. we all need deep connections with each other. so, let's try it! this week, try talking to someone for a whole hour. set aside some time to go deep into each others lives. often it will come back to god, which is awesome. we all have things to encourage, share and inspire each other with, so let's give it a go!
the bible tells us about how important it is to do life with one another. one of the first things god ever mentions is, 'it's not good for man to be alone.' we are made as relational beings, in the image of our relational god. all through his life, jesus was surrounded by twelve people with whom he 'did life with'. i think it's about time we turned off facebook and caught up for a coffee, so that we can delve deeper into our relationships with each other and release our relational side.
*prayer for this week* - that we would form deeper and stronger relationships with each other so that we are fulfilling our purpose as relational beings, and that we might be quick to listen and slow to speak when communicating with others.
i hope you find this a rewarding week!
love oliveanddaisy xx
Since I commented on your other posts, I'll comment on this one too!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for reminding me that talking is so much more than passing information from one person to another, which is what it has become.
A conversation is so much more than what social networks have set it out as. The experiences you share as you talk to someone face to face, the laughs (not just lols), the expressions, (not just smileys) and the atmosphere can only be created by God.
We need to appreciate it more, as another God given gift.