This weekend, in case you are just joining in, I encouraged that we all partake in a Numbers Challenge. The point behind this was to take a short period and make a conscience effort to not live life by the numbers. Not by the numbers on the scale. Not by the numbers in your bank account. Not by the number of followers, likes, and comments you have on social media. Not by the numbers.
So, I went through with this challenge. It was actually a lot of fun. I decided this weekend to look for the breathe-taking moments. The little, unexpected gems that God gives us throughout our life just because He is good.
So, here are my results:
On Friday, I had many breathe-taking moments, from beach waves and sunshine to cooking dinner with my best friend, the day was full of little moments of laughter and fun.
On Saturday, my breathe-taking moment came in an unexpected way. I was at work and because of strict hours, we were feeling pretty under staffed. And then our computer system decided to start working as slow as molasses. We had a good number of customers and my co worker and I were just trying to keep the joy. I just wanted our customers to feel loved and appreciated even with the long wait times, so I did what I do best, and make really awkward jokes just to keep the energy light. It made me so happy to see our customers laughing and joking back.
Today, my breathe-taking moment was when I was leading youth, we took them into adult service to take communion with the congregation. I help serve communion at our church since I am trained to do so (and honestly, I love serving our congregation communion). Getting to serve my youth communion and to see them learn what it means and to pray with them for the Lord to forgive their sins, was simply amazing.
To say the least, the Lord delivered within this challenge and gifted me with some amazing moments. This challenge is really something I would love to incorporate into my life every day, because there is such freedom in living by the breathe-taking moments instead of the numbers. I may still find myself slipping and looking at the numbers, but every day is a chance to have that hold be a little less and those chains fall off a little more.
For those of you who participated, thank you. It was wonderful knowing I wasn't alone and that I had accountability doing so. I have loved reading the messages of y'all's breathe-taking moments, thank you for sharing them with me!
As we go into a new week, continue to focus on looking for the breathe-taking moments, even within the moments of stress and hard circumstances. God will bless you within your effort, and through it all remember to give Him thanks for each beautiful, unique breathe-taking moment.
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