Here we are again at Thursday. Sometimes I can’t believe how fast the week goes. This week has been a bit up and down for me, but I know that there are still things I can be thankful to God for through it all.
A chance for some crafting
On Saturday we had the college Spring carnival. It’s kind of an excuse to have lots of people at college for Open Day, which happens at the same time. It’s lots of fun, particularly for families: there’s face painting, balloon animals and a jumping castle. One of my favourite things is the cake competition because after the judging you can buy slices of cake for a dollar and try them all. Unfortunately I was too full from my lunch to try all the cakes, and I stupidly didn’t make good use of the fact they had take-away containers available. Oh well, it’s probably better that I didn’t.
Spring carnival also has a lot of stalls, populated and run by students. Lots of these things are handmade so when I got home that afternoon I was inspired to do some craft myself. I made a whole bunch of earrings, did a bit of crochet, and fixed a hole in one of J’s pockets! Very industrious!
Calming colouring
On Sunday I (officially) started some adult colouring. It’s a bit of a trend at the moment, that has really take flight. I’ve seen lots of adult colouring books in stores and seen it mentioned on the internet. A couple of weeks ago I ordered a special colouring book as a gift for a friend (and I got one for me too!). One of my fellow students put me onto it actually. His sister-in-law created this book as a way to meditate on verses from the Bible as you colour in the patterns she has drawn around them. The book is called Meditations and you can find it here.
This afternoon I was feeling anxious so I did a bit of colouring and it really helped me to calm down and remember God’s goodness. Last night as I did a bit of colouring before bed I used it as a time to pray for others. I love how colouring gets you to stop and wind down and how this book in particular gets you to focus on God and his word as you do it.
The Library Box
Third year had an assignment due last night (which I submitted at 10:30pm, woo hoo! just within my acceptable bed time limits if I race). I had at least ten books to return this morning. Now, since there’s a big construction site at college the library has moved a few hundred metres down the road. That doesn’t sound that far… I’m going to look up how far it is.
Haa! Yes, it is only 300 metres. I probably had to walk further to get to the uni library when I was studying at uni.
Aaanyway, I didn’t want to take them all the way to the library. Thankfully there is a library returns box on campus so I could just tip all my books in there this morning before chapel. Thank you library box!
What are you thankful for this week?
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