Taking It Slow on Sabbath 4/19.10

At the end of every Sabbath I find myself feeling like it was the best one yet. It's true. Every day just gets better and better as we continue this journey. I can't really say that I understand why that is. I think it's because we are discovering the rhythm of these days more and more. But bottom line has got to be that God is just blessing faithfulness. . .blessing obedience. And it's crazy good.

4 months ago when we started this journey we were just jumping in almost blindly to what this day was going to be about for our family. There was a strong sense that we needed to be obedient to God's Word, but I had a lot of questions as to how it was really going to play out. We have had some really tough days where everyone was in a bad mood and we just had to fight through the hours. But all of a sudden the rhythm is coming. We are expectant as an entire family towards what the day beholds. Value has come to every hour. We are noticing God in so many moments. I think we are all taking longer, deeper breaths and just moving a little more slowly, but with purpose. And God truly seems to be in all the moments. . .because we are allowing him to be there with us and we are delighting in his presence. Super cool and really, really hard to explain in words. . .I guess you'll just have to give it a try. :-)

Today's destination was Chautauqua Park in Boulder. We were all really tired from a long weekend as we moved into the day so we decided to do something really easy. We stopped at the doughnut shop on the way and loaded up on sugar and coffee and chocolate milk. Then we just drove to a park in Boulder, got out of the car and explored. (I hope you enjoy the pictures above.) In the middle of it all we found a little table and after "de-bugging" the area we all read from Psalm 23 and then scattered to find our favorite tree to sit under and talk to God for a while. It was really fun to watch the girls go for it - find their tree and sit quietly talking to God. We played some more after that and then headed home to spend the rest of the day in the sunshine of our back yard. The girls got creative and Kevin and I read and just sat together listening to their laughter.

Another peaceful Sabbath that really did bring rest...