Oct. 29, 2007 - A break can give refreshment of soul and mind!
We've just returned from a week long break (from academics but spent in Home Ec! 
) and today was a marvelous school day! We were all fresher mentally, I was more focused academically and we all jumped in to tackle a full schedule with vim and vigor!
I was thinking about how God works in our lives. Often He does the same thing. He gives us a break from the character issues He's been dealing with and we take a breather. Then, after a nice healing and refreshing break, He jumps headlong into dealing with our character again. "Hey Wait!" we think. "We've already done that!" But we forget that we only learned a small part of the lesson. It's kind of like our 3rd grader thinking that now that they have the addition facts down cold that they are finished with arithmetic only to be aghast to find out that multiplication facts are now looming over their heads. They mistook the break to be the end of their journey. We do that ourselves.
This is because for us, just like in homeschooling, we are not in sprints - we are running a marathon. We are running for the long haul. Along the way we'll have breaks (to energize and refresh us) but we continue on afterward because God calls us to finish the race.
Nothing deep, nothing special, nothing earth-shattering, nothing life-changing. Just wanted to share these musings today. And to say that I'm so very glad for the breaks that bring refreshment and breaths of fresh air!
