Whoa, Has this been a busy weekend. Yesterday Feb 14th Andrew and I celebrated our 27th wedding anniversary and his birthday! He blessed me with a wonderful night away from home Friday at this place called Grandma's Feather Bed. It was a very needed break from life and we relaxed and enjoyed each others company. It also gave us the opportunity to talk uninterrupted about anything and everything.
That might sound kind of silly to some but for us it is a rare moment where we aren't interrupted by a kid, the phone or an animal and at night pure exhaustion. Words about anything other than kids, bills and whats for dinner are sometimes hard to find. Even when we get a few minutes out for dinner or drive, conversation usually revolves around the latest therapy or issue that has occurred. That night we talked about adult things, politics, life and dreams.
The dreams part was the most interesting for me, it seemed like it had been so long since we had time to dream. For the most part we feel we are living our dream and enjoying it. But for the past few months God has been speaking something different, a new season but life is so busy and full that taking the time to examine that and talk about it never seemed to be possible. What was cool was that we were able to take that 24 hour period and share what we were feeling and try to understand what exactly that might mean. Did we ever figure it out? Nope but we came a few steps closer and realized that we needed to take more time for just us to really hear God and get revelation about this season.
It is so easy to let life and all its problems steal our time and our dreams. For us we realized that before we knew it 27 years had passed. Time truly does fly. So if anyone runs across this blog and reads these words I hope that they take away one thing. Make time, carve it out and never get to busy to listen to God and be ready for that new season he might be waiting to bring you in to. I am excited to see where he is taking us, I know that it will be different and as always an adventure! But I need to slow down and take time so that I don't miss anything. As a couple Andrew and I need to take time out of life and share our dreams and thoughts and make sure we are both hearing God and moving together. We needed the refreshing and I bet if you are reading this you do too!
So we are another year older and another year together and it just keeps getting better!