Vacation

Ahhh, the pillow felt so good. I dozed comfortably, even dreaming of something comfy.

"Pool!" resounded off the bedroom walls.

I quickly swung my feet to the floor and swiveled my head to find the emergency.

"Pool, Pool!"

I found the source - my son. He gripped the pack-and-play wall and howled his heart’s desire, "Pool!"

It seemed that he wanted to go to the pool.

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The path of the righteous is level; O upright One, you make the way of the righteous smooth.
Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts. My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
(Isa 26:7-9)

My son awoke with the single most important thing to him on his mind. There was nothing else that he wanted.

I am challenged by this concept; in the place my heart is when I awake, and when I go to sleep. King David gives a convicting image of what a man's heart should be. After all he was given the title "Man after God's own heart"

I don't know how to attain that distinction, but I think the Spirit in me does. I need to feed that Spirit in any way that I can.

I'm on vacation right now at a virtual paradise. It is easy to just take what life is giving me. I hope to keep in mind each time I'm enjoying myself that I still want the Lord to be my desire and fulfillment.