This has been a crazy, busy week! This math class I started has consumed a lot of time and thought processes just to keep my head above water (but I’m determined not to drown). Work hasn’t been much easier this past week either with a major project of mine taking some serious hits…requiring even more thought processes and causing plenty of stress.

So blogging has taken a slight back-seat this week…but I haven’t gone anywhere! And in the midst of all this chaos, stress, and workload God has been very close. And I couldn’t be more thankful! I am learning (slowly) to turn to Him in these times instead of turning to my false idols…the things I used to turn to when things got rough.

And He has come through in spades! This morning He gave me gentle reminder of just how much He loves me and how much He has done for me already…

 Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down.
   And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God,
a punishment for his own sins!
But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins.
   He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed.
 All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own.
   Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all.
Isaiah 53:4-6, NLT

What more can I say besides:

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!

I think that says it.

Ever been that place? Where you just need a vacation…need to get away…need some actual rest? I’m not talking about the kind of vacation where you need a vacation once you get back. I’m talking about an honest to goodness respite…actual rest…actual relaxation. We all need it. God designed us that way.

Here’s the problem: I don’t think I’m getting one any time soon. The summer schedule is too busy and school starts up next week (thought it was this week, but apparently the school had an inaccurate calendar). Mostly I need a vacation from the “everyday” and the “mundane”. I like my work, but I need a break from it before I start hating it. I love my home life, but I need to get away a little so I can appreciate it a little more.

Anita needs the break too. Summer break is no break for her. It’s just different work, different hastles. We all need a break at times. Doesn’t have to be long, but we really need it. I am juts praying that Anita and I get one before too long. I’m praying for something I’m not even aware of now. A break in the clouds. It can’t come a minute too soon.