Enjoy the View

This afternoon, I made the fun choice. My "to do" list this weekend is atrocious. I have more to accomplish in the next 72 hours than I would like, coupled with kids' football games and band shows, and so much else.

I would usually plunge into the work - let's start checking off that list. There's such a sense of accomplishment as the list shrinks and the finished work piles up. (Or in the case of my laundry - disappears).

Typically, my Friday afternoons include time with two adorable little girls, my Ellie and her friend, Darby. They look forward to Friday afternoons: library, playing in the yard, and dress up. Today, the adult me wanted to move forward with my stuff. Let's "get 'er done" as they say in these parts.

Somehow, though, I stepped out of myself enough to notice how much fun the girls were having on the playground at school. Instead of rushing them - my schedule, you know - I chose to sit, relax, and enjoy the view. While the girls squealed and played, I took time to savor God's creation. Fall days are so beautiful. Today, the sun shines in a cloudless, Carolina blue sky, and a crisp, clean fall breeze blows.

Little girls' squeals of delight, God's glorious gift of fall colors, and rest. That's hard to beat.

I understand how the psalmist could be overwhelmed by God's creation:

When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained;
What is man that You take thought of him,
And the son of man that You care for him?

Psalm 8:3-4 (NASB)

Thank you, Lord, for taking the time to create such an intricate perfect world. Thank you for caring about little girls' squeals of delight. Help me remember to stop, rest, and enjoy your creation. Help me not get so consumed by my life that I forget about you. Amen.