Sarah Young is a missionary who wrote a small daily devotional based on her own personal prayer journal. Basically, she spent a lot of time listening in prayer. Then, she wrote her thoughts down as if spoken to by Jesus Himself. The style may not be for everyone, but to me her words have a powerful impact.

Today’s reading is so incredibly relevant to yesterday’s thoughts, to the concept of unwrapping our days as well as to some of the comments you made that I simply had to include it. I hope you are able to receive these words with the same relief I did when I read them this morning.

I want you to live this day abundantly, seeing all there is to see, doing all there is to do. Don’t be distracted by future concerns. Leave them to Me! Each day of life is a glorious gift, but so few people know how to live within the confines of today. Much of their energy for abundant living spills over the time line into tomorrow’s worries or past regrets. Their remaining energy is sufficient only for limping through the day, not for living it to the full. I am training you to keep your focus on My Presence in the present. This is how to receive abundant Life, which flows freely from My throne of grace.

Sarah Young, Jesus Calling

I see a bike that needs to be righted and rolled into the garage.

They see chocolate and vanilla swirl with sprinkles and whipped cream.

And I am swept quickly away into their imaginary world where bike pedals churn grass and air into heaping helmets full of their favorite treat.

Ice cream sundae anyone?

The small and the sacred have been rising to the surface again. Now that a semblance of routine has taken shape in our days, the space to breathe and notice is widening. Thank you for joining me in unwrapping your Tuesdays. I look forward to next week as we continue to celebrate the small parts that make up a sacred whole. Here are a few such things I’ve found this week in my reader.

For as Long as I Can @ Through A Glass Darkly: How chicken fajitas and Psalm 121 were small graces for Kari on the anniversary of the day her Dad died.

The Most Joyous Spot on Earth @ New Life’n: Fourteen sentences on my Dad’s blog that made me cry in a good way.

More Than Just Cooking @ My First Kitchen: How cooking inspires life.

I hope you’ll visit these beautiful posts. I also hope you’ll write one of your own and share it with us on Tuesday to celebrate the small things that inspire and encourage.