The sky is a shade lighter than black as I slowly sit up in bed and feel around for the one button that will turn off the alarm. My bladder is full and I thank God for another month no baby presses on it. (Our youngest baby is sleeping in the room next door, about to turn four, and with two heart surgeries under his belt already we knew we were maxed out. )
I fill the pitcher of water with filtered water, pour it into the coffee maker and ladle in the scoops. The aroma begins to wake me as the basket fills with beans.
My foot lands on a crack in the wood floor and I fold over myself from the sharp pain shooting up my heel. A spot on my foot has grown over-full. The doctor says it’s a plantar wart. We’ve frozen it twice and I pray it heals before my trip to Bolivia with World Vision. Walking hurts that spot terribly.
As the water starts to perk, I pick up my Bible. These last days have been so full of preparing to travel to Bolivia and trying to soak up all the Spanish phrases and family time I can that I’m behind on my reading. I only have 8 days left of my Bible in 90 days, but I’m about 3 days behind. It irks me.
I pray as I open the Bible, pray that God would empty my heart now so He can fill it up in Bolivia… fill it with the things that are important to him instead of the trivialities I cram in there.
This post written in response to the writing prompt “Full” from The Gypsy Mama.
Written in a full five minutes, with no (well, I went back and added the links later) edited. Visit her site to read more.
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Love it! You’re an amazing writer. So glad to have found your blog!
Beautiful… and my brain is just “EMPTY” of thoughts of full… hoping to come up with something later today!!
Hi Joy, love your present tense voice. Prayers for the Bolivia trip!
<3 ed this! Thanks!
wonderful thoughts! thx for sharing. It's nice to meet you… here's my first stab at 5 minute friday:
http://ordinaryinspirations.blogspot.com/2011/07/young-at-heart.html
Love,
Traci
I can’t wait to read about your trip. Thanks for the Bible in 90 days encouragement. I will try it again.
I love this: We do have to empty our minds and hearts of all else so that Christ can fill it. He doesn’t want all the competition and we don’t need it either.
great post joy:) you will be in my prayers while you are in bolivia.
(my parents were missnys there during the years when i was 1-4 yrs. old. my memories are only in snapshots. My youngest brother,now 62, was born there!)
will pray for good health for you and those going with you.
Beautiful Joy. That should be my prayer every day. That He empty my heart so He can fill it up again. Thank you for sharing this.
Wonderfully said. You held me attention right in the moment.
Joy, Godspeed on your trip to Bolivia. And in 5 min. you told a brilliant story. I heart that the more I read you – the more I get to know you. Even what you write in 5 min. or less. And that button on the alarm clock? Why DOES it always hide? God bless and keep you and all of yours.
I was going to say I hope you have a “good” time in Bolivia, but I hope you know that I mean that not as a vacation/laughy/relaxing way, but as a “I’m really glad I went on this trip” way. However that ends up to you! 🙂
I hope you are full of all the things God wants for you. 🙂
Sorry I’m soooo late in getting back over to comment!