You know how sometimes you get a really, really good night of sleep, and you wake up rested and realize that so much of what felt heavy and hard in your life suddenly feels a WHOLE lot better, because you really just needed some good sleep?
THAT was what this weekend was for me. A rare empty weekend, Barb coming for the weekend, and Elisa being free (and six months in her new house I still hadn't seen and four years in a church I still hadn't visited) all motivated me to drive to Atlanta for the weekend, but I had NO idea how much I needed some rest, good conversation, prayer, and friends until I got it...and I am just SO thankful!
We ate fun places, we hiked, we stayed up to late, drank good coffee, looked at plants and caught up!
Having a dear and godly and long-faithful friend to go through life, relationships, ministry, work, kids, and heart with is so precious and priceless!
On top of the rest and friendship and change being so valuable, church this morning at Passion City Church was fantastic, with a powerful, right-to-my-heart message from Elisa's pastor, Louie Giglio. I NEEDED the Word the Lord put on his heart from 1st and 2nd Samuel about having the fear of the Lord in our lives...an awe, a respect, a right heart.
He also spoke about how we are to be living, every hour, every day, in a place of worship, and man...I had lost track of that. Of worshipping over dishes, of praising over homeschool...of praying over laundry, of dwelling on His goodness over groceries, of pointing my children's hearts to a place of worship.
I feel very rich and thankful to have been in Atlanta, to have gotten sweet time with our dear friends Craig and Deb and Maria, and to be with a Godly woman who has loved and pushed me well for almost 20 years.
Go lovingly push on someone and spend some good time with them. You both need it more than you realize!
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