One of the things we struggle with most is finding time to rest our souls, relax our minds, and recharge our bodies. We’re in a season of life right now where we’re going a mile a minute doing all the things we love: growing our business, traveling to new places, volunteering in our church, having quiet dinners with our friends, and connecting with our families whenever we get the chance. It’s the life we prayed for, fought for, and never lost sight of since high school, when we wrote down our one relationship goal for life: whatever it takes, regardless of what we have to sacrifice, let’s maximize the amount of time we have together on this earth so that we can bear witness to each other’s life.
This fall, it’ll be ten years since the first time we met, and we think the 17-year-old versions of us would be proud at how well we’ve kept that commitment. At the way we still laugh together. At the way we still look at each other. At the way we still love each other. But if we’re being honest, those seventeen-year-olds would have a critique, too. They’d have some constructive criticism. When’s the last time you got lost together? When’s the last time you left all of your responsibilities behind to focus on the only one that matters?
The truth is, we haven’t, and we know it. And knowing it, but not doing anything about it, makes it worse, doesn’t it?
The truth is, in the hustle, bustle, and rush of life, with our we’ll-sleep-when-we’re-dead attitude and our break-neck-speed schedule, in a world where we feel more like a slave to our calendar than its master, because the days are spent before the month begins, we’ve forgotten to schedule time for nothing at all. For us. Just to get lost in each other. To let the wind blow in our hair and the sun shine on our skin. To hold hands. To snuggle so close that our faces go out of focus.
Because it’s in those moments that we know that we’re exactly where we’re supposed to be, doing exactly what we’re supposed to do, loving exactly the way we’re supposed to love, without hesitation, reservation, or thought. It’s in those moments that we know we’re exactly who God made us to be with the person He made for us. It’s in those moments that we feel whole, because we’re focused on the one person we live for and couldn’t live without, the one person who really matters.
It’s time to get refocused.
Today, we got intentional. We didn’t work straight through lunch like we have so many times before. Jordan made fresh salads and we stepped out into the warm sun together with a glass of white wine and found a cozy spot by the pool. We clinked our glasses, and as we gazed out toward the water with the cool breeze hitting our faces, we remembered just how blessed we really are. We reconnected to each other as we disconnected from our computer screens. It was exactly what we needed.
Whichever part of your life needs an intentional overhaul, whichever part needs a yellow light and a course correction, we encourage you to join us in doing it today.
Photo Credit: Melissa Jill
