It is my favorite from this weekend, maybe even this year.
It captures all that is buried in my heart.
It is intentional, and it is restful.
Merged together, it is something that doesn't come natural, and something that I have to work very hard at making happen. If you know my story you know that rest is an intricate piece of it, one that I ran from kicking and screaming and still do at times. (you can watch my story here)
This picture is playful, and it is peace. The first comes natural, when I let go of my adult to-do lists, and the second one, peace, is something only Christ can give me.
This picture is a reminder of what our family needs in this specific season:
Intentional Rest
Intentional Play
Intentional Peace
This weekend Grant suggested we jump out of town for a few days, ONE day before the weekend. Now, if you know my husband he is not one for spontaneity, so I jumped at the chance.
To be together with family, just the four of us, for 2 days straight. Little to no phones, no agenda, and no distractions around the house.
Just:
snuggles,
play time, and
ice cream.
You see we almost missed this moment.
We are in the process of buying a house, Grant travels weekly so he is always on the road, and we have errands and to-do lists before the week starts. If we would have stayed home, we would have SAID, we would spend time as a family, but I know us, and I know we would have done some things, but the agenda and errand list would have taken precedence. We would have been together, but it would have been with distractions. I envy those who can do staycations.
So we took off, we had a free hotel room, packed our food for the weekend, drove 4 hours to Branson and just rested, played, and found peace for our souls.
Time spent is my love language. In our hectic season right now, and after this weekend, I know it must be intentional for us to make time together.
And for us, that means packing up and getting out of dodge.
Leaving the errands, and to-do lists, the "gotta" get done lists, and all the dings and distractions, because honestly in the grand scheme of things, some of those things can wait, but what I realized is that these moments can't.