Rest and Renewal

Hi Gang!

Hubby and I are back home from our first vacation in 3 years. We went to Colorado where we enjoyed 85 degree temperatures while poor old St. Louis had heat warnings.

I'd like to feel sympathy for my friends back home but I was having too much fun.

Being 'in the moment' was a real challenge for me; I had gotten in the habit of reviewing the past and worrying about the future.

I believe God deliberately gives us each moment of our lives a moment at a time for a reason.

That reason being we'd rush ahead or lag behind if we got to spend our time any way we wanted.
That's why this Colorado time out was so important to me.

I needed to get away and reevaluate my life and how I spend it.
Who I'm living for and what is important to me.

I was reminded of the glory and power of God when hiking the Maroon Bells to Crater Lake in Aspen, CO.
To view with appreciation the fact that God doesn't need ME to move mountains- He's capable of that and more.

To notice how swiftly rushing water is created by melting snow high above us reminded me that God works behind the scenes in my life so that His timing is perfect.

To be able to breathe (despite the change in altitude) made me appreciate every breath I'm given each day.

I've been able to rest and be renewed. I've learned that I can do more things than I thought- I went horseback riding and didn't fall off; I survived whitewater rafting (the only doubt I had was when they handed me my wetsuit and expected me to be able to wriggle it on without needing CPR afterwards)!

I'm challenged to try new things now that I'm back home. I'll be blogging about it as I go along so stay tuned.

Oh, one more thing: I don't know if you think God uses symbolism in our life-lessons but I do. As we were driving down the highway in Colorado we were dive-bombed by an eagle! Seriously. It swooped so close to our windshield that both Don and I ducked. It then flew off and disappeared. We're still talking about it.