Housesit

For the next two and a half weeks, I'm housesitting for friends who are in the USA for their daughters wedding.  It's both good and bad to be doing this!  I'm someone who loves people but needs time to herself as well.  I've really enjoyed having a house to myself to just...be.  I like the silence.  It gives me to think and ponder and just refresh in the evenings.  I love my housemates and our lovely little home, but this is a good time for me to have the time to be still. 

J&K are really laid back and told me repeatedly to make myself at home.  And I'm doing that!  At the moment, I'm listening to Christmas music, sitting in their lounge as I catch up on emails, facing the window you see here:

It's a pretty view.  K has done a beautiful job decorating their home.  She's also a great gardener, as you can see by all the flower baskets out front.  

It's one of those cold, overcast days London makes famous.  No rain today, and no snow yet for us, but it still has that feel.  Winter is coming.  The leaves are almost gone.  The Christmas lights are being strung.  The air is cold and crisp.  The other day, I was walking down the high road to meet a friend in a coffee shop and it was just one of those days... Twilight, temperatures dropping, dry yellow leaves skittering across the street, brisk breeze blowing my scarf and hair into my face... I just had this sense of anticipation and joy.  Anticipation of the holidays, anticipation of the next year, anticipation of what God has in store.  It was like God was saying to my heart, "The best is yet to come."