ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM

This phrase has taken on new meaning since our trip to Dallas last month. For me it use to just be the theme song for Mazda, but now, after listening to a sermon by Seth, it is so much more.

My life has been busy for awhile. I have made it that way. By saying yes whenever someone needs something. Taking on too many tasks. In all the hustle and bustle I got used to life that way. The frantic rush to get everything done, life at warp speed (see June post for my insanity). I have lived this way so long I forgot how to just take things one day at a time. To see God's beauty in the simple things, because they were whizzing by me. I didn't know how to just sit and not do anything for a moment. I was so busy "doing" things for God I wasn't spending intimate time with him personally. I wasn't focusing on my family the way I wanted to, I was too busy.

I am working on this. I have said no lately. I make time to be with my kids without thinking about all the other stuff I could do. I am seeing God in ways I hadn't before. It is hard to shift your mindset and slow the accelerator of life down, but I am working on it. I don't want life to whiz by so fast I didn't enjoy the beauty because it a blur.

We serve an amazing God who puts reminders in our path, and Seth's sermon was that for me. God loves me so much that he died for me and wants me to enjoy what he has given me. I have learned it is okay to say no, because my mission field right now is my children. I love that place. I am relearning to live without rushing a break neck speeds. It has been hard, but I must say I am enjoying it!