// remembering to savor : savoring to remember //
(I couldn't pick just one this Friday!)
(tween not pictured on purpose, but I promise she still lives with us!) The week has held much for us, but the best parts were the rest and joy that was found all throughout! I look forward to sharing some camp happenings next week!
Until then, Happy Weekending, friends!
Yesterday my mind traveled to many places, yet all the roads led to the same place. I am surrounded, at every front, by awesome people! I'm influenced (in many ways) by awesome people. Our camp ministry is backed and shared with awesome people. I am blessed to live with awesome people. Those of you who follow this little place on the trail need to know that I think you take awesome to a new level. Your encouragements, your sharing of the trail you walk, your random emails: each serve to enrich our lives. I just had to tell you!
Thanks for being awesome!
Howdy Partner! Well, it's been a few days since I shown my face in these here parts, and I just wanna say it's good to be back. I've been feelin' a mite like I got tossed under the train, but I'm glad to be a feelin' a bit more right as rain!
Ok. I don't want to write a whole post like that! I just couldn't help a little bit of twang as I look at Woody waving his hellos to you!
Yesterday, like many days, I spent time playing trains with Tegan. We worked hard to build up our town of Sodor. The town where Thomas circles the treacherous tracks avoiding bad guys as he goes, and where the likes of Woody, Buzz Lightyear and Spiderman spend their time parading with circus animals and scaling high towers. Our imaginations go wild as we play (such good medicine, I tell you!).
Like any boy playing with blocks, Tegan loves for us to spend large amounts of time building up an amazing tower then leveling it with his vroom-vroom.
The blocks were designed for building with and Tegan and I enjoy fulfilling that purpose. The blocks were also intended to crash down. But sometimes, when the blocks crash down, we just can't take it.
We see all our work leveled out to be just blocks on the floor.
And we are too tired to get up and go again. We are leveled out.
I've been leveled out. The work I do, the ministry I do, the chores I do, the "fun" work I do...you see my problem here? I do, I do, I do. When the doing, all of it good, outweighs the being, an exhausting leveling takes place. Laying there looking up is just the reminder I needed. To unplug from my doing and plug into the quiet presence of my God. The one I'm doing it all for!
In quietness and trust is my strength (Is 30:15) How blessed are all those who long for Him. (Is. 30:18) How silly of me to forget all He really wants is me lifting my eyes to Him.
Everything in balance. I've so far to go! Don't follow my tracks. Follow His!
For now, the superheroes on Sodor Island are keeping all things in check!
So long, until next time!
