Today marks the second Monday of my sabbatical and I thought it would be a good time to spend some time and reflect on the time that has passed. It’s crazy how fast a week goes by, whether at work or not. I will say it has been action packed which most likely has contributed to the pace of the time flying by. I spent the beginning of last week working on some stuff around the house and preparing for our 7/12-7/16 trip to Florida. On Monday, the official first day of my sabbatical, I woke up about the same time I normally do (what happened to being able to sleep to 9 or 10am?!) and tried to focus on beginning this time of rest on actually resting.
It’s a hard thing to “reprogram” your brain from a “to-do” list to “just-being” and decided to run to Mardel’s to get my devotional/book to read. Picked up Jesus Calling, but they didn’t have the other book I planned to read so I decided I’d just order the electronic copy on Kindle and headed to Lowe’s to grab some stain for the fence, not knowing this trip would turn into a “God thing.” I say that because I think some events are just coincidence but not all can be chalked up as such. While checking out, the man behind me randomly asks if I am a Christian which from my experience, is not the most normal way to start a conversation with someone in line. I tell him I was and he explained to me that he had just finished a book and he felt the Holy Spirit tell him that I needed to read it. I like to think myself as a logical analytical person and I can count on one finger how many times someone in a Lowe’s checkout line has asked me about my faith and then proceeded to give me a book, but on top of that right after I literally just left a book store looking for a book to read during my time of rest. I told him I about my sabbatical and why this was pretty crazy and we both walked away blessed because of the experience. Pretty surreal right?
Then spent 5 days in heaven’s waiting room aka Florida with my wife’s family (14 of us in total). Did all the touristy stuff including eating a ton of food, laying on the beach, going on an awesome offshore fishing trip, riding jet skis, and having an overall great time. This was the first trip I have been on with her family and got a chance to really connect with them in a way that only vacations can do. I will say it’s nice to get back from vacation and not have to immediately go back to work though 🙂
Planning on building a bed this week and spending some more intentional time in the Word and resting.
Until next time,
Trevor