Musing

Last night I had one of those gracelets that sometimes come our way without us even looking for them. C.S. Lewis called it "Surprised by Joy" a reference to the fact that joy often overtakes us, but if we pursue something called happiness in the hope of finding joy we are inevitably disappointed.

The boys came home from work with a Wii which someone had left in their will to the shop. They gave it a thorough testing in the church, playing virtual golf, tennis and bowling.

As a result of that, we had the normal Wednesday prayer meeting at home.

I realised much later that the television was off and nobody was showing any sign of wanting to turn it on. We engaged in that old-fashioned thing called conversation. And then I got inspired to siphon all the crud from the bottom of the fish tank and replace some of the water, which inspired conversation about water chemistry (mainly ammonia, nitrites and nitrates) and biological filtration.

All through it was very pleasant and everybody was relaxed. I think it's called fellowship or family time. But nothing was staged or planned- it was all spontaneous. The way it's meant to be.