Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Vacation Rhythms

An Inkling
It’s good to be back.  Of course a week ago it was good to be leaving.  And that’s how it’s supposed to be.
Sarah and I greatly enjoyed our week away.  We went to the Outer Banks, and on the way home stopped for a couple of days with one of our daughters, whose husband is deployed with the Navy, and their two  children.
Here’s what we did while apart from ordinary schedules and demands:
  • We got caught up with each other at length – something that happens only in snippets during ordinary weeks.
  • We walked on the beach.
  • We took long bike rides, relishing the flowers in their full spring glory.
  • We read.  I caught up on five months of Christianity Today – what a stellar magazine.
  • We did some on-line tutorials on editing videos.
  • I researched family lines on ancestry.com.  It was fun getting one line back to the 11th century, and mapping where these ancestors lived.
  • We checked out historical sights – like the one pictured here with Sarah.
  • We slept without alarm clocks.
  • We decided each day what to do, since we had no schedules dictating to us.
  • And we played with our grandchildren!

Actually the Lord has provided that we have a day each week marked by that kind of freedom – a sabbath.  But periodically we also need some gathered sabbath days.  Thank you, St. Giles, for the gift of a week apart.
I’m looking forward to seeing you all!
Blessings,

Keith