Napkin and No Nos

Selling two homes in a soft market doesn't exactly breed quiet souls. It's a season in our lives, a season that one way or another is going to pass.

Our pastor just finished preaching a six week sermon series on Psalm 23. I was so inspired I wanted to memorize the Psalm completely, committed to memory for good. I memorized it (is it possible to forget something you memorized?) in the fourth grade. I still know the verses today, but I get them mixed up, and forget words here and there. Hubby and I are re-memorizing (he memorized it eons ago, too) it together. I don't commit to anything without Hubby. I like sharing a goal.

In Hubby's lunch I always include a napkin with a note. NO MORE PERSONAL LOVE NOTES until Psalm 23 is memorized. Can you make out my scratch? Here is what I wrote last night for today's lunch:
Do you like the "restores?" Those are Costco and Wal Mart for stores.

"The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He guides me on paths of righteousness for His name's sake..." These are the first three verses. I am adding a verse a day.

Ohh, and the dark spot on the napkin is a reflection of my shadow over the white napkin. It's clean! Memorizing truths might prevent us from filling up on these:In an absolute moment of stress, recently, two half gallons of our favorite ice creams grew legs and walked in our house. But they didn't come solo. Noooo. They held the door open for a bag of brownies that crawled in because they were the "good guys." They benefited a fundraiser. These desserts made a negligible difference in our weight loss. So far.