So, how goes that brain exercise?

Last night, as winter tried to come back once again, we found ourselves inside playing a family game of Sorry.  Isaac and I managed to get one piece around the board in the time it took Sam to win and the others to make real progress.  We just kept getting lousy cards, and had to deal with the magic of "sorrying" mommy.  I was reflecting during that game that my life right now is kind of like that.  Slow and steady.  That is the mindset I have had to adopt when it comes to pretty much any project.  Whether it's laundry and dishes or reading, studying and learning for my own brain.  Much of the time it does feel like 4 or 5 steps back to each slow step forward, but I'm coming to accept this reality more and more.  It's a slow pace, but, it's movement...forward!

This lion of a book is one of those slow and steadies in my life right now.  I was intimidated by the nearly 1000 page book, but now at halfway through, I have to say that it is a fun read!  Some of the antics and stories are laugh-out-loud funny.  Once suggestion should you try to read it; go for this version.  The Old English version had me frustrated after a page.

I've also been making more of an effort to sit down at my piano and play, work in my garden, and I've been in a class at church digging into healthy and good Bible study habits.  We've got the Greek alphabet down, and now we are learning to do Greek word studies.  It's tedious, but it has already been rewarding.  I am realizing more and more the importance of this verse:  "Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth."  2 Timothy 2:15  I hope that I spend the rest of my time on this earth becoming a true workman as I study God's word.  Happy Monday!