Five Minute Friday - a free write, which means, as our hostess, Kate Motaung, says, "...no editing, no over-thinking, no worrying about perfect grammar or punctuation. Just write."
This week's prompt is: ABANDON.
Go!
Living life with abandon. During our children's' growing up years it's what we did. However any particular day fell...that's the way we went!
We viewed each day as an adventure and couldn't wait to see what opportunities and encounters that the Lord had in store for us and we were never disappointed. There were many of them. Our family was so free-wheeling! So spur of the moment! So full of life!
Oh, sure! We had a schedule that we tried our best to adhere to (that is what we referred to as Plan A), but we were always open to God's Plan B...and we had fun!
As the years passed and the children grew, things happened that changed all that. Life became far too serious. Our adventurous spirit was squelched and our free-wheeling, spur-of-the-moment ways came to a screeching halt. Life became hard and it became even harder to understand why. The enemy had had his way.
The ties that bound us together were stretched beyond capacity and broken. No more living life with abandon. Now just abandonment...lost in the endless pursuit of money and things...things that mean more to some than family loyalty.
It's sad, yes, but we're tired of being sad...tired of trying to figure it all out. Life's too short!
No matter what choices others choose to make, my husband and I are renewed and refreshed. We are committed to rekindling our spirit of adventure and to living out the lives that God created us to live...with abandon!
Stop!
Until next time.
~Rebecca
I like this! 😊 Rekindling our spirit of adventure and living to God's plan B. It's something that gets lost in our world today when we are so busy with life. Thanks for the reminder.
ReplyDeleteBlessings to you in this new adventure.
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