Don’t plan on too much!

Let me tell you, these last several months have been a challenge!  Graduation was over, the wedding was over, and we finally had a quiet week ahead.  The weatherman forecast a week of 80’s, so what do you do?  Go to the lake!  And that’s what we did.  Trusting the weather man, we settled into our little cottage right on the waterfront the glorious weekend of June 7.

The windows brought in a sweet breeze off the lake billowing curtains into every room keeping us cool and inviting us to read on the deck.  Though an occasional boat towing water skiers brought choppy waves against the dock, for the most part, we listened to birds and the sound of that breeze soughing through the trees shading out cottage.  And we shed the weight of busyness and planning and a long cold winter.

Then Monday came, and Tuesday and Wednesday and Thursday and Friday, and every day heavy clouds hid the sun and a cool mist draped itself over the lake.  Now, this was not what we signed up for!  We had plans, including lots of hiking and maybe some water sports and …and we needed sunshine and those promised 80’s, not the chilly fifties and sixties and low seventies, the thermometer said, but which felt like fifties.

Or did we? Was God saying, we needed to trust Him and we needed to really rest…like work my way through that bag of books we brought?  Was He saying go see a silly movie, like How to train your dragon?  Was He saying you don’t need a hot sun to relax? Really, after the weather man promised?

Well ,we are back home, and we had a great week.  We snuggled over movies on the laptop.  I heard students did it, and I just couldn’t figure out the appeal, but it was fun and cozy.  We read and went for ice cream and ate Chinese and Greek food, but we also had time to listen –to God speak through the chilly mist, to feel His arms around us in that little knotty pine walled cabin, and time to thank Him once again for knowing exactly what we needed…rest and stillness and time to sit and hold hands. And a time to celebrate and worship Him in the midst of some of His best work.

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