Today, four days after my 50th birthday, I spent with The Husband. We just got in the car and headed out for the day. We stopped when we wanted, ate when we wanted, and returned home when we wanted, for we are both quite the home bugs. Today was just a blessing getting to spend this time with him, for, thanks to our work schedules and my tendency to become over-involved, we often do not have enough hours to slip away as often as we would like.
Tomorrow, I am skipping out on church as part of our two-day weekend get-away, and we are secretly staying home. Nerds, aren't we? This we like! I do believe the Lord has given me His blessing to do so...to take a day's break from teaching, playing the piano, driving the van...He's okay with it, for He knows this is just one day of rest that I need.
May I set some goals for the next 50 years of my days here on earth?
- To ever continue getting to know our Lord Jesus Christ. I so enjoy Bible study. I pray that I love it more each and every day of the rest of my life...both by myself and with groups.
- To spend quality time with my family. I so enjoy this also. I really do like them...very much!
- To find the right mix of time spent on church, school, and personal activities. Right now, that mix is just not quite calibrated correctly. Sometimes, the first two do not allow time for the third. This needs to change.
- To love more as Jesus does. To act more like Jesus would act in the places He will send me. To laugh and enjoy life as He enjoys it. To serve as Jesus serves. To lead, to go, to believe, to be...more and more like the Great I Am.
Five goals are enough, for should I accomplish these, I will be so blessed.
Now, to finish this day watching movies with The Husband. I really do like him. :)
