There are times in our lives when we let go. We have fun. We release all the frustrations and inhibitions holding us back and just have fun. This is easy for some but not so much for others.
I am not a shopper by nature. I think walking the mall sounds like the worst idea EVER. Unless I have a purpose or reason to be shopping - I hate it.
So, what did I do today? Went shopping. By Monday, I will have been to 12 yarn stores in the Hill Country. WOW... that is a lot of yarn. This is my 3rd Yarn Crawl. Each year it gets bigger and bigger and BIGGER. Wow, I saw LOTS of yarn.
It is kinda interesting - by the time we got to the end of the crawl last year, I was physically nauseous from the overstimulation of color and texture. It did not help that at that point last year, we were entering one of the largest stores in the area. OVERSTIMULATION!!!
Why does having fun and being silly make us so very very tired and worn out? Why often does it take a full day for us to recover when we "overdo it"?
I don't have the answer. I think we embrace these times in our life searching for something. We find ourselves with so many questions and concerns of the world in our head that just being goofy feels good. But, in turn it wears us out.
May we each find Sabbath -- that time where the world is flushed out and we can just be. No inhibitions. No preconceived notions. No worries or cares. Just be. Almost spontaneous. And while we are there, see what God is teaching you about yourself. Maybe God is shining a new light in a new way that we have not noticed before.
AMEN -- and let's go yarn shopping again tomorrow. WOOHOO!!!
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