Ruth and I took a Sabbath this Sunday. A real one. We actually rested and took a day to do nothing but enjoy the day. It was really very nice. It of course started with a cup of home brewed espresso poured over a steamed milk. yum!
It also involved me blogging some of the pictures and events I've gotten behind on. One of those being our visit from Grandma and Grandpa a few weeks ago. We always love having them around. It usually means for good discussion and prayer, and food, and fun. We took them to Ballard locks before church on Sunday. We'd never been there before so it was kind of interesting.
The exciting event (for me) this weekend that also deserved some blog shots, was the final molting of my asian giant mantis. This last molt revealed wings, and a slightly larger size. It's pretty big now, and very entertaining to observe. I haven't been taking a lot of photos lately so it was really nice to break out the camera on this sacred sabbath we took.
You know, God gave us the sabbath for our own benefit. He knows we have to "toil in soil" and work against the thorns of the earth so He asked us to politely take a day off and rest. Hey, if He needed it, I think we do too. But the sabbath can mean different things for different people. For people like Ruth it means taking a bike ride, going for a walk, not having any appointments. For me I realized, it means to go change the light bulb on the porch and find a tiny little spider hanging from a thread - take him inside - give him a little photo shoot with the macro lens...
...take him back outside onto the porch and finish changing the light bulb. That was really refreshing. I have no idea why. Sorry for all the insect pictures.
I did have to go to the grocery store for some items, one of which was cream of wheat which we were out of. I didn't get cream of wheat, I got some other hot cereal stuff instead by accident. But it happen to have a muffin recipe on the back. Ruth responded to my mis-purchase by cooking muffins. I need to buy the wrong item more often.
But no banana chocolate chip muffin is really truly complete without - you guessed it...
...another coffee. And that's pretty much what we had for dinner. We spent the rest of the evening with the Millers and the Mark watching the movie.
Lesson learned: Sabbath is for Sanity's Sake! Take a Sabbath! Take a walk! Take a picture! Take a nap! What ever you need to do. God gave it to us, all we have to do is take it. So work hard, play hard, and then have a second cup of coffee! That's my new motto.
