BW is a chaperone for a 6th grade science camp  right now for the Christian school that is on our church's campus.  He left yesterday morning around 8:00 and will be returning tomorrow afternoon around 4:00.  They are up in the mountains where he has no cell phone coverage so I have to say it feels very odd to me to have not spoken to him in the past 24 hours.  In the past, when he's been gone, we are usually able to touch base, say good night, etc and generally even when he's not away, but busy studying we talk on the phone a couple times a day.  Rarely do we talk about anything earth shattering - He usually has awesome things he learned in his classes and I get to unload all the seemingly little random things that take place in our home.  We have been together for 15 years now (cannot believe it!) and I am just not used to going a long span without talking to my dear husband, my love.

So I was thinking about this during a quiet moment today when the kids were outside playing and I was folding my husband's laundry and missing him.  And the Holy Spirit showed me that the same way that I am unsettled when I haven't talked to my husband is the same way that I should be unsettled when I haven't spent time with the Lord and His Word.  He is to be my FIRST LOVE and the one I want to commune with throughout my day.  The One that I want to share the seemingly insignificant thoughts and struggles I am having, the One who truly has the answers to my struggles (thought my husband is becoming quite wise, he can't really compare with GOD!), the One who had done even more for me than my husband(which is quite a lot, but my husband couldn't save me from eternal hell!).   Oh, that my love for Him would burn within me like the love I have for my earthly sweetheart.    

So coming to this revelation, God in His love and kindness blessed me with.....a collect call from my sweetie!  (So glad I chose to pick up the phone even though it said Unknown Number!)  What a wonderful God we serve!

Blessings!

-J