Camping… That has been our goal this summer, to go camping with the children. With success in this area has come, also, antisocial tendencies. We have hunkered down to fun in the sun as a little family unit. No kids running here and there to events of every kind this summer, just my man and I, our two girls, two boys and the dog. The kids said their favourite part of last summer was camping and we heard them!
I have embraced the extra privacy that seems to arrive with the end of the school year. I simply like each person that makes up my family. Less run around equals more time to chat, contrasted with rushing and snipping at one another. Last summer was so booked up I felt its end before it began. This year is so completely different with very little written in stone. My aversion to far planned events is only increasing, as a preferred style to my life.
There has been oh so much more reading this summer, relaxing, seeking rest for an over weary soul and a body bursting with high blood pressure. The first quote below jumped out at me while reading a fantasy novel… it rang very familiar and rightfully so as you read a quote of Christ’s just below it.
“We need not fret ourselves overmuch about the things we cannot foresee. The things we see too well will require our utmost attention, I have no doubt.” ~Durwin the hermit, “The Dragon King Trilogy”
33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. ~MATTHEW 6
Living right now (IN CHRIST) is being freshly presented to me.. wrapped all the more around my being as the kids returned each day from dvbs, singing a tune that had the following verse:
‘ Joy unspeakable that wont go away, and just enough strength to live for today, so I never have to worry what tomorrow will bring, cause my faith is on a solid rock, I’m counting on God’
I have slid right into summer with a lower pace in my person as well as in my circumstances. I feel a benefit building in the feeling of a stirring enthusiasm for all things Christ has for me. Awake my soul Lord Jesus, I know you are on my side!
TTFN
