Today I've prayed for all mothers everywhere to get to experience the type of relaxation and contentment I've experienced over the last few days. My soul has been at peace. My heart stilled. My mind emptied.
Our trip to CA has been such a change in routine for me. There is absolutely no one here who needs me. The people around me are here to serve me, not to be served.
My senses have been assaulted daily as I bike ride with my husband under gorgeous azure skys. Lawns are meticulously manicured. Flowers bloom everywhere. Just breathing is so wonderful. My eyes search for the source of the scent tingling my nose. The sun is warm. The air is dry. The palm trees sway in the breeze. I can hear the trickle of a waterfall.
We don't gift ourselves with times such as these very often. I know it's hard as a mom to take time for ourselves. But we are not God. We are human. We need these times. They help us refuel, recharge. They lift our spirits.
I have to admit, I'm not ready to go home yet. I need one more day. Then I think I would be missing everyone at home. I know it's been too long since I've taken care of myself when I'm not missing my precious ones yet. I have thoroughly enjoyed this time by myself and with my husband. We've fallen back into that wonderful routine, that dance couples do. We hold hands. We tease one another. We laugh. We aren't frustrated or tired or exhausted from the day.
We're spoiled. We're rested. We're relaxed. We are one again.
So I pray, “Dear Lord, give all the moms out there a place to be, a haven, a refuge. Give them a peace of heaven on earth where skys are brilliant and blue, where gentle breezes blow and the sun warms their bodies. We get so tired in the midst of the battle Lord. May you bless each one with rest the way you have blessed me. You are God. The world, the universe, is at your fingertips. Give us a refuge Lord. Give us heaven here on earth just to recharge so we can go back into the battle with our heads held high, our armor in place and our hearts directed towards your perfect will”
IN JESUS' Mighty name
AMEN
Wishing each of my sisters a time just like this……
julie
Wow! What a great 2 minute vacation I just had, living yours vicariously as I read. I’m so glad you feel so refreshed.
so glad that you are having such a great time! i have a week like that without any internet (believe it or not) it was truly restful and I’ve enjoyed the ‘down time’.
have a safe trip home!
love jen
I am so happy for you! Your time away with your husband sounds wonderful! I will be praying for a safe trip home and no motion sickness!
Julie D.
Bless you for your prayers and thoughts. I already feel warmed and enriched just by “meeting” you! Keep basking in the beauty. Doesn’t everything there just seem bigger than life? It’s sort of like when Dorothy went from black and white Kansas to technicolor 🙂 If CA is that poignantly beautiful we are going to need those redeemed bodies just to bear heaven’s beauty.
Blessings,
Michele
Julie:
I am thrilled you and your DH had some renewal time. Life gets so busy and hectic, we don’t realize how wound up we are until God blesses us with a wonderful getaway. A safe journey home!
Michelle
I am so glad that you are getting this time to refresh and renew. It sounds wonderful!
I have enjoyed looking at your vacation pics. We are raising 2 knights and 1 princess so far–love that title.
Thank you for the wonderful prayer.
Have a blessed day,
Christine
Oh, Julie! That sounds postively fabulous! What a beautiful prayer…thank you…because I could sure use it. I am so very glad that you are experiencing such a wonderful blessing.
Gayle 🙂