1,000 Beach Days

"One day spent in your house, this beautiful place of worship,
beats thousands spent on Greek island beaches." Psalm 84:10 MSG

I love going on vacation. Normally a few days before we have to come home from vacation I get really sad - then on the last day I might tear up a little bit.

And why wouldn't I? Beautiful water, puffy clouds, blue sky, palm trees, white sand, light breeze. I could live like that for 1,000 days. And this scripture says that ONE day with God is better than that. This is the kind of scripture that changes your attitude. It makes you realize that life might be hard sometimes, being a christian might be challenging, but once we're with Jesus, everything will be worth it!

Favorite moment of today....

I know I always say this, but I'm going to really try to start blogging again. :)

Anyways, my favorite moment of today so far was when Analisa, Piper and me went to meet my mom and gram at Chick-fil-a. Piper was talking a lot so we tried to see how many words we could get her to say.

"Piper say Pam."

"Peem."

"Good job! Now Piper say Myrtle."

"Two."

So adorable.

Yoga

I am back! We had an amaaaazing time in Florida. My parents are "the bomb". I'm so thankful for them taking us on that wonderful trip to see Mickey Mouse. I felt so relaxed the night we came home. Then the next day it hit me. The overwhelming anxiety of life and bills and budgeting and busyness. I couldn't believe how anxious I was! So I am doing a few things differently to try and kick this anxiety habit I have somehow formed.

The first thing is spending time with God FIRST thing in the morning. My day goes so much differently when I put God first, spend time in His word and prayer. I prayed for longer than I have in a long time yesterday and the joy and peace and energy I had afterward was amazing. I always wonder how I can KNOW that prayer changes my life and then forget to do it so often.

The other thing I'm trying is Yoga. I've noticed that I get into bed at night and I will be grinding my teeth together because that's how tense I am. So I picked a yoga show out on Netflix and said to myself, "If there's anything weird I'll just turn it off." So I did the whole thing. It was so nice and relaxing - just breathing and stretching. It felt great. Then at the very end the host said, "My divine inner light salutes your divine inner light." Weird.