A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

Proverbs 17:22

Do you ever hear yourself now saying, “I just need to have some fun!” 

Many of us have found ourselves isolated, fearful, frustrated, hyper vigilant and discouraged during the last two years. We have just been holding our breath too long! 

We see folks rushing to normalcy now trying to grab onto any relief they can find. 

We need to breathe! We need to smile and laugh! We need to lighten up! 

So just for fun I searched for a list of “new words” or “modern words”

To share with you today.

textpectation - (n)

the anticipation one feels when waiting for a response to a text

cellfish - (n)

an individual who continues talking on their cell phone 

unnecessarily while in the company of other people

destinesia-(n)

when you get to where you were intending to go 

but forget why you were going there in the first place.

carcolepsy-(n)

a condition where a passenger falls asleep 

as soon as the car starts moving

unkeyboardinated-(adj)

when you are unable to type without 

repeatedly making mistakes

Have you smiled yet? I hope for a few minutes word trivia has brought you some momentary relief from the stress you may be experiencing now.

Dear Lord, I am tired. I want to get away with you and recover my life. Show me how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—let me watch how you do it. Teach me your unforced rhythms of grace. Please protect me from having too many trials upon me at one time. I want to keep company with you and learn to live freely and lightly again.  Amen.

Jill Hendrix

• Prayer based on Matthew 11:28-29 (MSG)