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This last week was Spring Break at the school I work at. The students were off the Thursday before Good Friday and us teachers were asked to go to PDs for a few hours. Once they were done, we went on a relaxing vacation. Chad and I are considered empty nesters since our last daughter went away to college. It is kind of odd not having the girls around the house so much. For the last 20 years, we went on vacations with a child or children and did family things. Now, it is just Chad and I and we tend to do the things empty nesters do like: making soap, drawing, working puzzles, coloring shirts and painting garden things. It has been fun and relaxing as we aren’t worried about the girls sleeping in or who will eat what. Anyway, we were given a gift to enjoy a week in the mountains.
To be honest, I was a little skeptical. After all, I roll around on a tin-can and tend to lean towards the right on flat ground, how would I walk in the mountains?
It was beautiful! My walking was still leaning to the right, but, if the hill leaned to the left, I’d roll towards the left and backwards to the right.
How I wished to walk up a side of the mountain without my tin-can.
I use to mountain climb in the Tallulah Gorge in GA. It was exhilarating to be on the side of a mountain about 1500 feet in the air! Now, I roll around on a tin-can, can’t feel my right leg and nor do I have much strength in my arms or hand.
For my devotions I went outside and enjoyed the beautiful air. God let me feel His presence. He reminded me that even though, my mountain seems much harder to get on (and not get dizzy), He would be with me helping me along the way. All week, each time we had a question we both felt Him. Even the day I was feeling overwhelmed in all the things we need to do to move, He used a friend to remind me that He is here helping me and He will provide in His time. The mountains were amazing, I know we didn’t need to go there to find the answers, but, God knew that we needed to relax in His great creation!
Yes, I did get to climb up a few steps (holding onto my husband) a part of the mountain and it was beautiful!
