{"id":12084,"date":"2020-03-21T05:06:30","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T10:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=12084"},"modified":"2020-03-21T05:06:43","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T10:06:43","slug":"making-the-most-of-this-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=12084","title":{"rendered":"Making the Most of this Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I burst out of my cocoon to fly a little today. It feels so good. I am on a mission. Get toilet paper. I have inside info. Walmart\u2019s truck will be here at 10 am. I am in line for my one-only big package of TP and paper towels. Mission accomplished! Woohoo! Next, I go to my church\u2019s smaller chapel to pray. Oh, the sweet peace that welcomes me. I am all by myself with Jesus. How sweet it is. Soon others join me from a distance. Notice the \u201csocial distancing\u201d we are provided \u2013 numbered locations on the pews. I listen for God\u2019s voice. I write in my journal what I hear. It\u2019s His still small voice. I am in the temple like Hannah in the Bible was — crying out to God for a son and a son was born to her. I am in the temple crying out for healing for our world. The same God who answered Hannah\u2019s prayers, is He Who will answer our prayers too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After prayer time, I head over to the beautiful cemetery behind my church. No problem with social distancing there. Lots of folks \u201cin\u201d there (literally) and no pandemic worries there! A friend told me she goes there often for a walk. And as she said, it makes for some eye-opening and heart-stirring moments for me. Many subtle reminders that this life is just temporary, so we best be making the most of every day. What takes me by surprise are the beautiful engraved stoned edifices of the mausoleums. PEACE is the theme on the four sides of one: \u201cPeace I leave with you. My peace I give unto you. Let not your hearts be troubled. Neither let them be afraid.\u201d John 14:27 \u201cLet there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me.\u201d \u201cPeace is seeing a sunset and knowing whom to thank\u201d and \u201cMay the love of friends give you comfort. May the love of God give you peace.\u201d How\u2019s that for hearing from God? PEACE \u2013 that is what we need most during these times. I breathed in that peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lastly, I make my way to another Walmart to buy groceries for my cousins who are a few years older than me and are staying homebound. What a delight that I can serve them. And, bonus, while I am there, I hear \u201cOur truck has arrived. Get in line at Aisle 31. We will hand-out one toilet paper package and one paper towel package!\u201d SCORE!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s been a great day because I determined it to be one. Who would have thought I would recommend a cemetery for a nice walk and inspiration? The part of that cemetery that touches me the most are the tombstones of lives once lived: Older Pop-Pop and MiMaw gravesites, young soldiers and oh, the heart tugs I see, the one-year, six-year, and 19-year old sites. God gets my attention today. I\u2019m living with as much gusto as I can \u2013 until my body joins them there and my spirit is with God eternally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Today holds as much mystery as it did yesterday. We don\u2019t know what tomorrow holds no more than we know what this hour will hold. And that\u2019s true whether the C-virus is here or not. But we do know the One Who does know. And He promises that He is right here with us. That He will not leave us or forsake us. And right here, right now, is where we are supposed to be \u2013 secure in His everlasting, unfailing love. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As I text my kids this morning and say this to them, I say it to you today: “It\u2019s a perfect time for embracing each other. Maybe God called for this for all of us. To focus on what is most important in our lives.\u201d I love you all so much. You are so important to me. I lift you, your loved ones and all that is important to you today to our loving Father. He sees. He knows. He cares. He has great plans for your lives. Hold on tightly to His unchanging hands. And, maybe go for a stroll in your nearby cemetery. You might find peace and inspiration waiting for you there like I did. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I burst out of my cocoon to fly a little today. It feels so good. I am on a mission. Get toilet paper. I have inside info. Walmart\u2019s truck will be here at 10 am. I am in line for my one-only big package of TP and paper towels. Mission accomplished! Woohoo! Next, I go…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16870,16872,16871],"tags":[1210,10538,4378,1769,1188,16705,16866,16867,16869,40,1012,1215,16868,1813,16799,44,176,16865,16864],"class_list":["post-12084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cemetery","category-mausoleum","category-social-distancing","tag-blog","tag-cemetery","tag-chapel","tag-christian","tag-cocoon","tag-coronavirus","tag-eye-opening","tag-graves","tag-heart-stirring","tag-inspiration","tag-john-1427","tag-journal","tag-mausoleum","tag-mission","tag-pandemic","tag-peace","tag-prayers","tag-social-distancing","tag-toilet-paper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12084"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12093,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12084\/revisions\/12093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}