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Lessons from a Month of Seeking Magic: Part 2
If you asked me why I started to do a month of seeking magic, I would tell you it was because I was craving magic in my daily life. If you asked why I ventured outdoors for daily walks without distractions of music or going outside during times I knew my neighbourhood would be busy, I don’t know if I would have had the best description for the most scientific, thought out, well-rounded answer. The truth would have been, ‘because that’s what I felt I needed’, which may sound equal parts vague and mystical.
Lessons from a Month of Seeking Magic: Part 1
And so, August came and went…
During the month of August I searched for magic daily.
I went for a walk every single day (except for one travel day) and during these walks I would ask, ‘God, what feels like magic today?’. Each day I asked, and each day magic was revealed.
Prayer of Examen to Start a New Month
Reflecting on the past month through intentional questions, flipping through the pages of my Passion Planner and journal, and setting areas of focus for the next month, has become a ritual each new month would feel incomplete without.
If you follow me on Instagram, you’re probably familiar with seeing me cross out the words ‘improve on’ and write above ‘intentionally focus on’ as I complete the monthly reflection in my passion planner. Being intentional about how I spend my time (and the language I use to reflect and set into motion things for the upcoming days, weeks and month) is a key way to ensure I don’t get lost in time; thinking I have so much of it available or feeling like there isn’t any. It’s how I ensure my priorities are set and maintained and my time divvied up to all the places that matter most.
God WITH us (when life is messy)
A couple of weekends ago I had the privilege of hearing Kate Bowler speak.
How beautiful to hear someone speak so openly about hardship, grief, imperfection, and the general messiness of life.
So often we are told things like 'life is hard but we have Jesus'. I think when we hear that, we often interpret it as; 'life is hard but you should hide the hard bits or how it's impacting you because the only thing that matters is that you have Jesus and that trumps the very human experience you are having and you should focus on Jesus and not what you're going through.'
Soul Nourishing Practice: Visio Divina
“Creation speaks. It speaks elegantly. It "pours forth speech" of God. God ambushes people on riverbanks, mountaintops, in wilderness wasteland, whirlwinds, burning bushes and rushing winds. The house of God stretches from the view out my window to the edge of the universe and beyond. All we have to do to see it, suggests Barbara Brown Taylor in An Alter in the World, is to set a little altar in our heart where we reverence the handwork of the Creator. ” - From the Spiritual Disciplines Handbook by Adele Ahlberg Calhoun