Enjoying the View

Last Sabbath was such a tremendous blessing. Friday night found us all together with no sermon to prepare, no Sabbath School lessons to ready for the next morning. We watched the wonderful evening program from the ASi Convention on 3ABN. We talked, we laughed, we read, we sang. Beautiful. Sabbath morning was so relaxing. No running around like crazy people to get out the door. The stress level was obviously, wonderfully much reduced from the norm that used to be. After a simple hot dog lunch, we had great interaction with the kids and each other. Usually we dropped exhausted into naps Sabbath afternoon because of the stress of getting ready for the "day of rest." Now, it truly is restful. Every week, every day our decision to step back is confirmed. We'd almost forgotten how wonderful it could be. Thank you, Lord.

Stepping Back

I have not posted here on for oh, so long. Life has been so deperately busy. Now, my wife and I (and our kids) have decided that for our sanity and the strength of our family, we must take a step back from the rat race of life, take a breath, and regroup. We're deciding that if we are going to do it, we are going to do it together. I've become so weary with the kids with Daddy and Mommy somewhere else or vice versa or some of the kids with one of us and the rest with the other. We've become tired of a life that sometimes has us communicating more on IM or by reading each others blogs than we do face to face. This new journey has just begun, but already we can notice a difference. During the past year, we both held multiple offices at our church. This year, we declined any positions and, actually, have moved our memberships to a different church where we can be as much or as little involved as we feel we are able to be. Pray for us in this persuit. If you and your family have made similar decisions and changes, please let me know the result.