Joining in with Five Minute Friday to write for five minutes about today’s word which is RHYTHM
Days have quickly changed in just a week. I’m having to wake the kiddos up to get to swim practice on time at 9am. My daily walking the dog with Jesus is at 6:30am now instead of 8:00am during the school year. My conversations with Him drift off into jabber about useless things or the list of to–dos for the day instead of praise and true heart to heart talks because I’m still half asleep.
A new summer rhythm is starting and it’s a good one but I already see some scratches in the record of a summer break that needs to be smoothed out. For those of us who used to have record players, don’t you remember how a record playing would get stuck where there was a scratch and just repeat the same word over and over? It got stuck in a rut. I’ve found myself easily getting stuck in the rut of working on projects on the computer and letting them play on ipods or stuck in the rut of the lack of creativity (but there should be no excuse for that) so maybe it’s honestly just called laziness.
That’s not a rhythm I want us to have. The only groove I want to get stuck in is giggles and grace and making joy-memories to get us through the year until it’s summer again. Take time to enjoy smelling the roses, picking tomatoes and blueberries, cheer for flips and toe-touches off the diving board and play Monopoly for hours. Go for bike rides and trips to the yogurt shop, catch lightning bugs and eat icee pops as sticky juice runs down your chin.
Don’t take those things for granted.
Yes! I want this too.."The only groove I want to get stuck in is giggles and grace and making joy-memories."
ReplyDeleteThis was a delight Beth. Happy Summer to you.
(((hugs)))
Thanks Beth!! Thanks so much for stopping by and our new friendship!
Deleteyes we all need a reminder not to get stuck, thanks
ReplyDeleteThank you for stopping by and hope you'll come back! Blessings to you!
DeleteLove this. I don't want to get stuck either. Thanks for the reminder. :) Here from FMF. Enjoy your weekend! (And I totally understand about the walk with Jesus being earlier in the summer - MINE TOO!)
ReplyDeleteMy post: http://maryhess.com/five-minute-friday-rhythm/
Thanks for stopping by Mary! Enjoy those early summer walks! I visited your blog and how lovely! Blessings to you!
DeleteIt doesn't take kids to change your schedule. On these beautiful mornings I find myself out on the porch reading my devotions and enjoying the birds singing and the breeze blowing. I feel so close to God's wonderful creation. I plan what I want or need to get done for the day but then the phone rings and my plans change- can you keep the girls, can you take me to a doctor appointment, can you work at the church office for a couple hours while I go have a chemo treatment, etc. That is what I am here for - to serve God and others in need, my wants will wait. I find that I am blessed so much when I change my schedule to help others. I will never be able to pay back all the times that other people had to change their schedule to help me out. My donor changed her schedule to give me her gift of life and my family and friends had to change their schedule to be my caregivers in Richmond for four months. I now have a new motto,
ReplyDelete"I don't HAVE TO - I GET TO!
so much truth... thank you for inspiring me! <3 you!
ReplyDeleteHello! Visiting from FMF- Love the rhythms of summer. thank you for reminding me not to take them for granted!
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