So I’ve been a bit out of it again lately, some might call it a pattern ;)

Anyhow, our weekend with the Confirmants went well. They enjoyed it and had fun, and I even think they learned a thing or two as well. But I’m getting old! I can’t keep up with their late nights….. - or, I tried and had to pay! I managed to stay awake for the service in the local church and even for the tidying up afterwards, but then on our way back home I just had to stop the car and sleep for a few minutes. No way I could have driven anymore without falling asleep…… After 15 minutes I managed to drive the last 30 kilometers and then rested on board the ferry. And, no, I did not go to bed early that night - I enjoyed the stillness of my house and some hours all alone :D

Most of the Monday went by without me doing a thing, other than sleeping and talking on the phone. But it was a great day and some good talks, so there! I’ll do the cleaning bit another day (next summer or something..) :dizzy:

Today I’ve been out driving as well, all the way to the red church on the south side, for confirmation class and some baptism preparations (or what to call it). We do use the Pearls of Life wreath in our class and today we talked about one of the red pearls - the Love pearls - about what it stands for, how it is different from the other red pearl and how it is connected.

From the Pearl of Life website:
It takes two to love and the pearls of love are two, one for being loved, the other for loving others.
Love is life’s greatest gift, a source of eternal joy. Love can also be painful. In order to love fully, we need to know that we are loved. In love we are two, the loved one and the loving one. The first red bead is about being loved. About being open for the love that comes to us. Here, the love-starved human experiences a sense of being loved and wanted. This is the greatest gift…..

In our confirmation class we emphasis the love given by Jesus thorough his sacrifice on the cross in the first red pearl. The other red pearl is a reminder to give love back to the world. We use the wreath mainly as a way to remember the important stuff of our faith, but also as a prayer wreath as it mainly is. I have some very good students this time, and they do pay attention - the only thing they won’t do is sing(!) and I bet a few of them really has wonderful voices, so I’ll keep trying. :o

fjord shell, blue
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4 Responses to “days go by”

  1.  helen Says:

    Hello busy girl, I just wanted to say good luck with your work and the other new changes you`re working on ; ) .

  2.  helen Says:

    Yes! That`s a perfect lime photo in the top :)

  3.  anneberit Says:

    Thanks!
    Now I want to work on the coloring scheme of this blog, but I’m not quite sure how since I have some rounded corners in the heading that’s troubling me… ;)
    Enjoy your day - we’re off to kindergarten - MT says: hello!!

  4.  helen Says:

    Hi MT :)

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