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Coloring Party: 45 Minutes in His Presence · Heart Copy Journal

• 0:09
  SPEAKER_00: Can you just commit for 45 minutes?
• 0:13
  SPEAKER_00: Like that's what I'm saying to my dad.
• 0:17
  SPEAKER_00: The game was about to come on, and my mom, who is well into her 80s, was about to have a birthday party that involved coloring.
• 0:28
  SPEAKER_00: He looked at me like I asked him to move to another country.
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_00: I'm Lisa Nicole, and this is Heart Copy Journal.
• 0:37
  SPEAKER_00: Today, a birthday, a box of coloring pencils, and how 45 minutes became something else.
• 0:45
  SPEAKER_00: It was my mom's birthday, and I told my dad, We're going to have a coloring party.
• 0:52
  SPEAKER_00: And he said, A what?
• 0:55
  SPEAKER_00: And I said, just 45 minutes.
• 0:58
  SPEAKER_00: Just give me 45 minutes to an hour.
• 1:02
  SPEAKER_00: And we're gonna play her like favorite music and we're color.
• 1:07
  SPEAKER_00: He for the most part threw a fit because the game was coming on, right?
• 1:14
  SPEAKER_00: So I kept it simple.
• 1:16
  SPEAKER_00: You can commit to 45 minutes, Dad.
• 1:18
  SPEAKER_00: Can you just please commit to 45 minutes?
• 1:21
  SPEAKER_00: And he grumbled and then moved on.
• 1:26
  SPEAKER_00: We had our favorite meal.
• 1:30
  SPEAKER_00: We had our favorite cake.
• 1:32
  SPEAKER_00: And if you're from Texas, you know what I'm talking about.
• 1:36
  SPEAKER_00: And then we brought in the gifts.
• 1:41
  SPEAKER_00: A coloring devotional journal for my mom, pages that I had printed for me and my dad, and a good set of coloring pencils.
• 1:56
  SPEAKER_00: I put on my mom's favorite singer, Mickey Gyden, because mom likes country.
• 2:06
  SPEAKER_00: I sat there and I just took it in.
• 2:11
  SPEAKER_00: Both my parents at the same table in the same room.
• 2:22
  SPEAKER_00: Delighted, engrossed, consumed by this activity of coloring.
• 2:31
  SPEAKER_00: My parents were seasoned saints, it's not like a lot of people their age, they're worried.
• 2:37
  SPEAKER_00: You know, sometimes they're worried about like what happens to the mind.
• 2:43
  SPEAKER_00: They do brain games and word searches and solitaire, crossover puzzles.
• 2:49
  SPEAKER_00: So I told them that the myoclinic says, like while we're coloring, right?
• 2:55
  SPEAKER_00: Coloring helps calm the brain and the body.
• 3:00
  SPEAKER_00: And the study said that people in their 80s found that those who kept up arts and crafts were less likely to develop like memory problems.
• 3:09
  SPEAKER_00: There was this thing that was happening inside of them that was producing some good.
• 3:20
  SPEAKER_00: It's an association, not a promise.
• 3:36
  SPEAKER_00: So then the tussle was over.
• 3:39
  SPEAKER_00: Who got which color?
• 3:42
  SPEAKER_00: Then came the tussle over who got which color.
• 3:45
  SPEAKER_00: You need to share.
• 3:47
  SPEAKER_00: What are you coloring?
• 3:49
  SPEAKER_00: Share this with me.
• 3:52
  SPEAKER_00: Thirty minutes passed.
• 3:54
  SPEAKER_00: An hour passed.
• 3:56
  SPEAKER_00: An hour and a half.
• 3:59
  SPEAKER_00: Two hours.
• 4:00
  SPEAKER_00: By this time, mom had gotten up to go to bed, and my dad was still coloring one page I gave him.
• 4:11
  SPEAKER_00: Thoughtfully, looking at the colors and which one he would add and use.
• 4:21
  SPEAKER_00: So I sat there with photos and video of how absorbed he was.
• 4:28
  SPEAKER_00: When he finished, I said, Now I need you to sign it and say happy birthday.
• 4:34
  SPEAKER_00: He signed it, held it up to his chest, and gave me this big Chester Cat smile.
• 4:41
  SPEAKER_00: And I took the photo and took the page to my mom, who had been waiting for it.
• 4:50
  SPEAKER_00: All I can think of was Lord was on this.
• 4:55
  SPEAKER_00: He was just there, established in our presence.
• 4:59
  SPEAKER_00: It was such a precious moment.
• 5:01
  SPEAKER_00: One I cherish and I can't wait to do again.
• 5:05
  SPEAKER_00: And I kept doing it.
• 5:07
  SPEAKER_00: And I started giving friends coloring pages and coloring devotionals and copy work.
• 5:14
  SPEAKER_00: And there's something there.
• 5:20
  SPEAKER_00: Something that requires us to slow down and just enjoy his presence.
• 5:31
  SPEAKER_00: So this is a love letter from my Heavenly Father that I now give to you.
• 5:38
  SPEAKER_00: This week, color and write the verse side by side.
• 5:43
  SPEAKER_00: 45 minutes is plenty.
• 5:46
  SPEAKER_00: If you haven't, if you 45 minutes is plenty.
• 5:50
  SPEAKER_00: If you'd like pages to start, the free seven day copy work challenge is at heartcopyjournal.com.
• 5:59
  SPEAKER_00: Quiet your mind, trace the truth, commune with God.