Often we can see the horizon ahead and want to be there already. It’s the waiting seasons where God is telling us and showing us a peek of what’s ahead, while saying to trust Him. Like a child that keeps asking during that long car trip, “Are we there yet?!?” God seems to do the same with us sometimes. We are His children after all. But it’s in the waiting that the real awe and wonder lie. It’s in those moments, if we let them, that we can listen and have tender, deep moments with one another. Some profound. Some fun. But always enriching. If we let it. What is…

Since December, when my husband was terminated from his job, I had become the only working adult and breadwinner in our family. In the past month, I was starting to become physically weary and had shared with God how I would like to take a period off from having to work, but feel the pressure of having to financially provide. I knew my body was needing rest. I also wanted to not let my focus as a mother to my daughters get away from me. I decided to not work for a couple of weeks next month and the month after, through the holiday season. I told myself that I…