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Sacred and Secular....Compartments in your life will steal your joy

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De-compartmentalizing.  It is something I have been pursuing for some time.  In my experience, it's  an invitation to drenching-ly satisfying moments.  I put my toe in this water as often as I can, but I would love to submerge myself and not come out. Experiencing the Divine through the Ordinary. Pulling out the dividers and experiencing God's presence and favor in as big a dose while I wash dishes or do homework with my kids as I do  in worship,  Quiet, and his Word. To bring that awareness and that "manna" with me in every moment. Seeing through normal moments and every day things  "like glass" and finding Resource and Meaning .  ( One Thousand Gifts   by Ann Voskamp, Chapter 7: “Seeing Through the Glass”) When I slip back into compartmentalizing my normal life from my spirit--(and I live this way far too often) I often think, "What happened to that beautiful dose of Truth I read this morning?  Why am I operating totally opposite