Late last week I packed up the car and took Wes to visit his friend Ethan in Blue Ridge. So, Wes, Maddie, Tyler and I headed out for the trip. I would be putting about 250 miles on the car in 24 hours and wasn't looking forward to it at all. Yet, something happened on those winding, mountain roads. The air was cooler~something wondeful when it had been in the mid to upper 90s here. The children and I talked, sang, and told jokes and stories. And, life slowed down.
When we got to our friends' home, they said they'd not be home for a couple of hours. So, we relaxed. We read on the porch. We watched deer feeding in their yard. And, for a while, we weren't the pastor's family. There were no expectations, pressures, or even a to-do list. We just enjoyed God's creation and one another.
And you know what? Our friends let us live like that too. They love us unconditionally, no expectations at all. Just loving us for being their friends.
I hope all of you have people like that in your lives. And I pray each of you gets some time~even if it's only 24 hours~to drive, stop, sip and savor God's creation this summer on some beautiful country roads.
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