Thoughts Along the Journey

"Give us this day our daily bread..." I pray the Lord's Prayer every day, sometimes two or three times during the day. Our readings in Mass over the past few weeks have taken us through the book of Genesis, and then on into Exodus. The story of God providing manna is so incredible. I mean, who but God would think of sending His people bread from the sky? Yet it did not come without guidelines. They should only take enough for each day. More would come tomorrow. Only on the day before the Sabbath were they allowed to store extra manna for the following day. Otherwise, the manna would rot and be filled with worms. And then God brought it all home to me... The fact is, I am a worrier. There are many factors that go into that. Often, a lack of sleep is the cause. Sometimes it is circumstances that take me out of my comfort zone (read: areas that I can control). Sometimes it is hormonal in nature. But whatever the cause, I go into panic mode. What if...? Fill...

I have every intention of returning to blogging. Facebook is great, but my contention that it is less time-consuming than blogging doesn't hold water. It's too easy to sit for long periods of time, scrolling through status updates, looking at friends' pictures, etc. A few minutes on a blog post is nothing compared to that! The only problem I've noticed is that, no matter how often I post...not much readership. Oh, well. I'll take what I can get! :o)