The past week has been very good for us as a family. We have had a great time of rest in the midst
of getting some things done. One of the
things I have been thinking about over the past days is that R-E-S-T is a four
letter word to me most of the time.
Actually it is sometimes looked at in my heart as the worst of all the potential
four letter words…W-O-R-K, A-C-C-O-M-P-L-I-S-H…
I have a really hard time letting myself actually stop long enough to rest.
Not the kind of rest like laying on the couch watching the Sox loose, or
sleeping –in till noon and being tired all day.
The real rest when I am still enough to listen to what the Lord might be
telling me. The kind of rest where I can
be still to listen to my wife, and we can talk and process things without just
giving details—that’s what I am after. I
have a long way to go but maybe having the space to even think about these
things is a start…
We are headed to South Fork tomorrow morning, its out in the
deep bush about 80 miles from Port Alsworth.
That is where we spent a lot of our summers doing the cadet trip. We are guiding and hosting a great man of God
who is taking his grandsons on an Alaskan fishing trip. Jack brought a different set of grandsons up
three years ago that we guided and it was one of the best times of my life in the
outdoors. They caught a ton of fish but watching Jack invest in things that
matter with the young men he has influence upon made it one of the most memorable weeks of
my life. We are looking forward to
helping set the tone for another great week.
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