I had every intention of having an intentional summer. I had every intention of doing all the things, making all the time, seeing all the people, reading all the books, writing all the blogs, doing all the workouts, spending glorious amount of time with my family… ALL-THE-THINGS!! But then I realized, I have teenagers and they have lives. I have teenagers who need to be driven places. I have a husband with an unpredictable work schedule. I have a family who need to be taken care of. I have a home to take care of. I have a job that needs to be worked. All the things. And while all of these things are good, what I found is that I put a lot of pressure on myself. And when I couldn’t live up to all the goals, I felt like a failure. No one needs that.

Therefore-I’m about to pivot my summer and just ride the waves. I’m going to work when I need to and rest when I can. I’m going to read when I get a moment and write when I can. I’m going to drive my kids around so they can live their best lives and I’m going to enjoy the ride. This season I am in is fleeting. Next summer, God willing, I’ll be getting ready to send my oldest off to college and we will be in yet another changing season. James chapter 4 says, Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.” Why you don’t even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, “if it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil. If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.

This passage of scripture reminds me, that the plans I make in this life, are fine, but I need to remember that God is in control and I am not. So this summer, this summer I will just be. I will just be and let God take care of the details. His love and care for His children is so great that he concerns himself with even the smallest details of our lives. I’m so thankful for such a loving Heavenly Father.

Be well friends.