“Ideas can come from anywhere and at any time. The problem with making mental notes is that the ink fades very rapidly.”
~ Rolf Smith
Do you carry around a notebook? Capture ideas on-the-go? Use the Evernote iPhone app? That’s a good one, huh! Maybe you’re a Moleskine fan? Or a back-of-the-napkin type?
For me, capturing the thoughts & ideas that float across my mind over the course of a day is important. I’m very forgetful. I usually don’t the have the ability in the very moment the idea hits to process the thought completely. After all, there is always some little person who needs something at exactly the same moment revelation strikes. I kid you not. But that is everyday grace, isn’t it?
So I carry around a notebook… nearly everywhere I go… to jot down thoughts, quotes, ideas, shopping lists, etc.
The new camera bag is brilliant, and I am quite pleased with how well it is working for me. I am actually carrying that camera everywhere… which was entire point of getting the bag, right?
However, there isn’t an empty space large enough to fit the notebook I normally carry around, so while I was in the store yesterday, I went looking for a smaller substitute.
After quickly browsing the “notebook” aisle, I found a few that would work – including the famous Moleskines – but I couldn’t pass up on these:
They remind me of the places I’ve been. Not that I want to be somewhere else right now. I like where I am. It’s where God has me and it’s full of His grace. But once-upon-a-time — before my name changed to “Mom” — I travelled all around the world, saw all of these famous landmarks. Now my life flutters within about a 5-mile radius, and it’s even more adventurous than the days of planes, trains, hotels, and business associates in far off cities.
That’s how His grace works, isn’t it? In Christ, the greatest adventures in life occur when we are walking in His presence in obedience to Him. We can be content with the present — resting daily in Him — right where we are because “we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”
And in His presence there is fullness of joy! No lack.
We can dream His dreams for us… desire His desires… pursue His purposes. And He is the adventure… He is the reward.
The notebooks came in a pack of three — London, Paris, and New York. Part of me did wish they had one for Kampala.
