Vacation

We are leaving to go out of town for the weekend. We will be in the Black Hills of South Dakota at the “hunting lodge” owned by a group from our church in Sioux Falls. Whenever we go on a trip even for a weekend, I make a list of things to bring. We need sleeping bags, clothes, food, bug spray, sunscreen, etc for our trip. But it always seems that, even with a list, we get partway down the road, or to our destination, and realize that we forgot something important. Our last camping trip, I forgot to pack pillows – for everyone. I had such a stiff neck afterwards that I could not turn my head far enough to the side to align it with my shoulder.

When I go on trips, I usually remember to bring my Bible. Unfortunately, I sometimes put my Bible reading on vacation as well. As my routine is interrupted by a change of location and schedule, I put off or forget to do my quiet time.

At other times, I find myself sitting in the quiet of a select location in God’s beautiful creation and spending more time with Him than I would at home. This is the type of vacation I want for this weekend. Not to leave the Spiritual Disciplines unpacked and at home, but to pack them into the time I have away.