Pardon My Dust

We have all had tough days; days that we wish would just end...days we wish we could have skipped.  I was reminded as I woke this morning of Adam Robinson's talk on rest...he talks about the fact that in life we will never have a day when the crisis column is empty.  In living life we often label days as "good" or "bad".  If someone asks how your day was, a proper answer would be "it was good".  But what if you haven't had a good day, what if your day was miserable, or what if your day was just plum ok.  When asked the question, the inevitable comes out..."fine."  What has happened that we are so afraid to be ourselves?  What stops us from answering honestly?  Why are we so prone to hide our true self?

This is a song by Chris Rice.
Hope this is an encouragement to stop hiding behind words.

Dominoes

After a long day at work full of broken pools, frogs, and critical parents I spent the evening playing dominoes.  If you have never played with dominoes you first have to get past the fact that at times all the dominoes look the same...second you have to have a child's heart.  I have not been so excited to play a game in such a long time.  We ended up starting playing Mexican Train and quickly realized that none of us REALLY knew how to play so we proceeded to play Chicken Scratch.  I learned this game from the family I live with in Indy.  I truly believe that often times laughter can bridge gaps between people.  There is something comforting about the sound of laughter...

Here is a joke to get you started :-)

What do you call James Bond in a bath tub?

Bubble-07!

Happy laughing.

Take time to stop...

Austin uploaded a bunch of photos from our vacation to the sunshine state.  After looking through them the one that caught my attention was not the blackmail photos or the beautiful pics  of the beach, it was this one.  As we were walking down the beach one evening I stopped and just looked out into the endless ocean.  I cannot remember what I thought at the time, however, I found these lyrics tonight and I think they describe it perfectly:

I sing over you My song of peace
Cast all your care down at My feet
Come and find your rest in Me

I'll breathe My life inside of you
I'll bear you up on eagle's wings
And hide you in the shadow of My strength
I'll take you to My quiet waters
I'll restore your soul
Come rest in Me and be made whole

-Kari Jobe