Take A Hike

Vacations are important, no matter how short, no matter where to, no matter the weather, no matter what. It's important to step aside from the busyness of our lives and to sit back and observe the world from a resting position. It's just not healthy to be in drive all the time. We need to rest our engines, put it in neutral, cool our jets, put it on the back burner, let it simmer, (you get the idea) or just turn it off. God gives us this example in the first book of the Bible ". . .and He rested on the seventh day from all His work . . ." How do you imagine God rested? Did He sleep? Observe the world He just created? Plan man? Eat? Hike? Swim? Fly a kite? Body surf? Have a party with His peeps (you know, the Holy Spirit, Jesus, the angels)? (Is it a sin to call Jesus and the Holy Spirit peeps?) I like to imagine He went to the beach and quietly observed the seas and then went to the mountains and quietly observed the land. And then I imagine He went and contemplated all He had just created and made plans . . . plans for me and for you, for all His children. Imagine, the Creator of the Universe thought of me and you on the seventh day . . . how cool is that? I love vacations - they give me time to observe the world and contemplate....................