I've been out a bit....

It's been two full weeks since I've posted anything because Tristan and I have been on vacation! It's been a while since I could enjoy a real vacation and this one was like none other. Everyone asks what we did on vacation and the answer is: absolutely nothing. Every day for seven days, we went to the beach, sat in our beach chairs, read some books, swam in the water and ate three square meals. All things we don't get to do the other 51 weeks of the year, and that was enough for us.

About mid-way through our week at the beach, we began calling this our "Sabbath Vacation." We have some friends that went on vacation this year and saw a lot of things. One of our friends rode his bicycle through the Netherlands and visited most of Georgia (the country) and saw some amazing things. Tristan and I definitely enjoy those types of vacations.

But, we had decided long before we left for vacation that this was a different kind of vacation. This was a Sabbath Vacation and we were going to do nothing but rest. We never set an alarm, we went to bed when we were tired and woke up when we weren't. We didn't drive our car very much once we reached our destination. We took lots of walks, watched the water, quietly read our books, had plenty for long conversations with God and to time think and just breathe ocean air. We never did get to see the Butterfly Museum that our AAA Tour Book suggested. Neither did we get to the everglades. There just wasn't time. We were too busy relaxing.

By the end of our vacation, we decided that there really is a reason that God created the Sabbath. People get tired! And frankly, there are very few things that can't wait a day or even seven. We came back fully rested, refreshed and with new energy. The beach was beautiful and we really enjoyed our vacation, but even more than that we returned with new spiritual energy.

Long story short, we decided a "Sabbath Vacation," even just a short one, is necessary every year. It doesn't have to cost much money, and we don't even need to give ourselves permission to take a break. After all, God commanded it.