Holidays

Today is my last day at work! Yay! On Monday I start two weeks holiday at our "shack" at the beach. The rest of the family is there already, I have been travelling from there to work each day this week.

I look forward to this time every year. This year I'd like to remind myself how lucky I am to have accommodation right on the beach (even if we do have to share it with the in-laws!). I hope to make good use of my time there this year. I would like to really take some time out and just be. I've bought some meditation cd's which I have put on my MP3 player and the plan is to spend some quiet time each day in prayer and meditation. In the past I have spent this time socialising, shopping, sweeping sand, feeding ravenous kids, sweeping sand again, washing, cleaning, ferrying kids about and I go back to work feeling even more tired than when I started.

So this year I'd like to spend some time in rest, prayer and reflection. I'm not sure where it will lead but I'm excited to find out what develops!

Dear Lord,
Help me to learn to slow down and not get caught up in every day stuff that keeps me away from spending time with you. Help me to shift my priorities and remember that nothing will work until I learn to stop trying to do it all on my own. Help me to rely on you and trust in you. I pray that I can spend my time off learning to be still and just listen.
Amen.