His Kingdom Come

Ahh sweet toddler naptime.

Isn't it bliss?

I adore my son but there is nothing more sacred than the midday rest period.  A time for him to recoup his energy (though does he really NEED to?  He seems so abundantly full of it...) and for me to dwell in the peace of a quiet home.  It's beautiful.

What do I do during that time?

Oh let me count the ways.  My most favorite indulgences are:

1.  Clean and tidy the house- it is hard for me to concentrate if things are in disarray.
2.  Rest myself- I generally take a 45 min nap.  It's lovely.  I highly recommend it.
3.  Bake up something chocolatey- lately it has been brownies or monster cookies.
4.  Make a cuppa green tea or brew it over ice.
5.  Sit at my computer desk and immediately head to Anne Voskamp's blog, A Holy Experience- I'll read whatever ponderings she has for the day then let her blog's background music be my meditation as I write, read other blogs, check email, Facebook, or Pinterest.
6.  Other times I will let Anne's music serenade me through Bible study, prayer, or a library book.
7.  Indulge in a brownie or two :)
8.  Quietly look around at my home, loving its simplicity and quaintness, while realizing that this is where my little family dwells, makes memories, laughs, cries, loves, and enjoys one another.  Where we pray for others, read books to each other, open God's Word together, disagree with lively banter, invite others in, celebrate seasons, break bread together...
8.  Rest in the quiet of knowing that this time is precious.

Today I read my Kindred Spirit's Blog and was blessed by these words:

And I think that the Kingdom is every good and perfect moment in our life serving as a taste, just a small taste of what God truly intended. It's making your tinies laugh. It's sleeping babes curled into their mother's breast and the heft of holding another soul. It's silent nights of snow and cold water in your throat on a hot day. It's wisdom and beauty, peace, love and joy and then it's also good coffee and real food, morning sun and handmade quilts. It's the renewal of morning and the intimacy of night.

I just love her masterful way with words.  She puts what I often think into such perfect prose.  It is true- God's Kingdom realized is not always in the major moments of life (though they too are certainly glimpses into His great design- giving birth to a child, for example) but rather in the small moments.  The savored minutes that seem to pass by in a second but are as abundant as "seconds" themselves.  We simply need to recognize them.

What are your "moments" today, your tiny tastes of Kingdom come?

Just wondering :)