Embrace the Ordinary, 2020 vol. 8

What a week, huh? It’s been a doozy. I’d say it’s been ugly . . .

But that’s not true. Yeah, it’s had painfully hard moments, unexpected twists.

You guys, I’m not even talking about the election! <not touching *that* with a ten-foot pole>

And yet! even here, even now, in one of the messiest weeks, there is joy to be had. The sort of joy that comes from extending some amount of effort to make waffles on a Tuesday, because your son asks.

We discover the invisible God in the most visible and material things. There is no other way. Either we learn to find our Lord in ordinary, everyday life, or else we shall never find Him.

Saint Josemaria Escriva, Conversations with Monsignor Escrivá, 114

The sort of joy that comes from surrender to the moment, abandonment to Divine Providence and the graces present *this very minute*.

My sweet youngest and I cooked waffles, and he had the Stormtrooper stir. It took extra time from our day, but the time together was a gift. Another day, I took my kids on a hike and kicked the crispy autumn leaves around.

Even during a challenging time, graced moments of joy waited for me to live them, to notice them, to thank God for them.

And that’s my “everyday holy” recap for the week. It was about surrender to the moments–many hard and several beautiful–to embrace and live in His grace.