Retreat

It is a mild, foggy morning in Arkansas. Cameron woke me up early this morning as the sun was coming up. There are some thin clouds moving in this morning on the front edge of a cold front. Thursday the high is going to be 53 and the low is going to be 35. When the weather changes, my mind drifts back to a childhood full of adventures in the fall. My family loves to hunt. Something about my brother's and my dad being outside together is just relaxing. This morning I squinted my eyes as I looked out my back window and pretending I was on my deer stand. It was a retreat...just for a minute.
Have you had a retreat lately? Have you been to the refuge? Where is your quiet spot? I think sometimes in the midst of going and being and going and being...we lose our focus. Sometimes you do need to run to the refuge to regroup, refocus, be restored, and to be refreshed.
When is the last time you went somewhere and were just quiet? It doesn't matter what it was.... a deer hunt, a hike, a picnic, a swim, a run, a walk.... when was it? I want to encourage you to find some margin today and get quiet. You will be amazed at how loud God's voice is when you are not doing all the talking.