Vacation

 

 

 

 

The definition of vacation is:

"An extended period of recreation, esp. one spent away from home or in traveling." Chip, Jake and I just returned from a short vacation. I learned this week that each of us view vacation in a different way. My dream vacation this year was to spend a couple of relaxing days in White Sulphur Springs relaxing in the natural springs. The weather was beautiful and the water was great! Chip, on the other hand, thinks that a vacation consists of using binoculars.  We did see some elk, but they were on private property.  Jake was the hardest to please.  He just loves being home, chasing the cats and birds, helping Chip with the sheep and being loved by all who come to the ranch.  While on "vacation" he had to wear a collar and was almost always on a leash or stuck in a motel room.  This picture was the only time he enjoyed himself. The enjoyable moment for all of us was when we saw three bears in the field.  Chip watched them, I took pictures and Jake just stared at them.

 

A Parent's Precious Prayers

This morning I sat down at the table and  opened the Devotional  called Grace For The Moment by Max Lucado and read the August 10th devotional.  ( I am about a month behind.)

A Parent's Precious Prayers

All your children will be taught by the Lord, and they will have much peace.  Isaiah 54:13

Never underestimate the ponderings of a Christian parent.  Never underestimate the power that comes when a parent pleads with God on behalf of a child.  Who knows how many prayers are being answered right now because of the faithful ponderings of a parent ten or twenty years ago?  God listens to thoughtful parents.

Praying for our children is a noble task.  If what we are doing, in this fast-paced society, is taking us away from prayer time for our children, we're doing too much.  There is nothing more special, more precious than time that a parent spends struggling and pondering with God on behalf of a child.
                                                                                        Walking with the Savior.

I am thankful that I had a mom and dad that prayed for me and each of their children and grandchildren.  I remember Mom kneeling by a chair at the kitchen table and praying for me.  She didn't know that I had seen her as I was supposed to be on my way to the bus stop.  That picture of her will always stay in my mind.  I don't all that she and God talked about when she prayed, but I wonder if the decisions I made were because of those prayers.  I remember times when I had two choices--the right choice or the wrong choice and God led me down right path. 

Thank you, Mom and Dad, for praying for me!