A Day of Rest

This morning I washed and dried three loads of beach towels. That is a whole bunch of beach towels. Yesterday morning we all went to the parade in town. It is always nice to see town's people that one has known for years. Our town parade route is at least a mile long and people are lined up throughout. We sat across from the bank on the property where we raised most of our children. There were twenty seven of us. We took up quite a bit of space. The kids had great fun picking up or catching the candy thrown to them from floats. Our youngest, Kendra, is still a child at heart and stood out with the kids luring the candy throwers to "Throw it this way!" She collected some the kids didn't see and then passed them out to the highest bidder in our adult crowd. Eventually she brought some to the lawyer friend of ours whose office is now our old house. He and his wife teased her and said they noticed she had no shame. Needless to say, the kids in our clan came home with candy bags full.

After the morning in town, we came home and grilled pork chops and hamburgers for everyone. Then all piled in a van or SUV and off to the lake we went. We were surprised at the crowd when we arrived and learned there was a demonstration by world famous wade boarders. I thought it was hysterical when our son Jay said, "Oh there is so and so from Orlando". He is a boarder that Jay has seen on television and in the magazines. Later in the day, Jay got his picture taken with him. We set up our camp right next to where the boarders were gathered. That was not intentional but fun. All in all, the adults and kids were entertained by the stunts those guys did in the air over the water. In addition our son in law, Elton, added to the day's fun with all the things his boat lended to. The day was a great success.

John and Kim and their five children left for home from the lake. John has to preach today so they needed to return home to get organized for their usual type of Sunday. This morning the alarm went off at five o'clock. It was time to get Jay and Austin in the car headed for Midway Airport to return back to their home in West Palm Beach, Florida. Ken drove them and had returned before nine. Now it's time to go to church. A few of our crowd have already gone but we will still fill a pew today.

Aren't you glad our Lord designed our week with a day of rest included? I just read the story yesterday of how He himself rested after creating the earth and its inhabitants. I'll bet He needed a rest after all that work. I'm grateful for today. We will be busy but there is still a rest in going to church and feeding on the Word and fellowship. Have a blessed day of rest.