Some Joy To Spare

mess·yˈmesē/ adjective 1.untidy or dirty. 2.(of a situation) confused and difficult to deal with. A friend of mine from church and I are working on a study together. Having both felt overwhelmed by the demands of being a wife, motherhood, ministry and professional obligations, we are working our way through Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World: Finding Intimacy with God in the Busyness of Life . Just as the name implies, it is a fantastic guide as we attempt to find time to sit at the feet of Jesus while still successfully managing our personal and professional lives. While stressing the importance of finding time to slow down and rest, the author does a masterful job of not neglecting our need to also have a heart for service. To further illustrate this point she draws our attention to John 13:1-17, wherein Jesus models servanthood in its purest form as he washed his disciples' feet and exhorts them to metaphorically do the same. The message is clear: we are t

The whole purpose of places like Starbucks is for people with no decision-making ability whatsoever to make six decisions just to buy one cup of coffee. Short, tall, light, dark, caf, decaf, low-fat, non-fat, etc. So people who don't know what the hell they're doing or who on earth they are can, for only $2.95, get not just a cup of coffee but an absolutely defining sense of self: Tall. Decaf. Cappuccino. - Joe Fox, You've Got Mail You've Got Mail, the 1998 classic rom -com starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan is, perhaps, my favorite movie. One of my dear friends likes to give me grief claiming I say this about nearly every movie, and she has a point. I love movies. A lot. But, You've Got Mail holds a special place in my heart and, if it's not my favorite, it definitely makes my top three of all time. The quote above is from an email Tom's character, Joe, sends to Kathleen, brilliantly portrayed by Meg Ryan. As a person who struggles to make decisi