Miss Me?

In four days, Amy and I leave for a six day cruise to celebrate our 10 year anniversary. I can't begin to explain how excited I am.

I am really looking forward to 7 days of relaxation and "being away from it all," but this seclusion will also be the hardest part of the trip. I know it's important to have some "away" time (especially when it comes to keeping a marriage strong), but I will miss my kids and I will miss my friends and I will miss those that gather with me at Church At The Grove. It will be hard to be out of contact with these people for so long.

Will I be totally unreachable? No. But, it costs $9.50/minute to have a conversation by phone with anyone and $0.75/minute for internet access, so unless I want to spend a fortune, I will just have to settle for taking a "relational break" from everyone here. Quite frankly, that's a little hard to imagine.

So what about you? Are relationships with people important to you... to the point that it hurts when you're away? Surprisingly, a lot of us live our lives without investing time into these important relationships. And, when we're gone for a while, we don't miss anyone and nobody misses us. Unfortunately, that's not the way God designed us. He doesn't want us to live on the outskirts of relationships / friendships / people in general. God wants us to dive in to the middle of the groups of people around us, get to know them, let them get to know us, love them, and let them return that love. Then, even when we're unreachable, at least we'll be missed. I'll see you on Mother's Day.