I want to escape and have lots of free time. 

Last Sunday at our worship gathering we talked about idols... what do we hold tight to that we don't want to let go of, and then we had a long response time where we could draw / mold clay / write / pray...

 I "drew" free time... I thought it would look beautiful.  I held 3 crayons in my hand and put them on the paper, closed my eyes and just swirled the freedom I wanted.  When I opened my eyes, it was chaotic and... ugly, quite frankly!

 And it hit me... oh yeah, my free time that I am holding onto so tightly is actually causing the chaos I so desperately want to be FREE from!  Go figure.  God is so awesome how He will reveal things to us!

 Though in my flesh, I don't like routine, ritual, the same thing day in and day out,  I can thrive upon the rituals and routines in His Spirit... in fact, He can bring new life and energy and creativity to all those things! JOY no less!!