Get lost in some coloring!

Last night I got lost in the world of coloring! Yes, my daughter and I sat side by side coloring .... the only difference from when I colored as a child being we were coloring on the iPad!! It was amazing how quickly the time passed as we lay on the floor together, each coloring pictures and choosing our own unique way of adding character to the animals before us.

Time. It's amazing how quickly it can pass and yet at the same time, things can feel like they happened so long ago. For example, it seems like an eternity since we last were able to go out for dinner to a restaurant and yet memories from my childhood feel like they happened just last week!! And the reality is, all we have is today and I think that's what was so valuable about the coloring for it allowed me to be present in that very moment and be so relaxed.

God reminds us “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.". He knows that there is no purpose in worrying about the future and wants us to live in the day. Now granted, that's not to say that we shouldn't make plans but not if we are living in the 'what ifs' of the future each and every day!

So today I challenge you to find a coloring book and I DARE you to sit and color for at least 15 minutes so you can forget about the worries in your life! And as you color, focus on simply being in the moment and enjoying the results appearing before you. You'll be amazed how all the problems that you can get caught up in disappear if you allow yourself to simply be present.

Here's to coloring and the gift of time .... and speaking of coloring, I think I'm going to do just a little to start my day connecting with the Big Guy!