It's "Official"

On this day, I have dubbed myself an "official redneck!" Always wanted to be one, and now...I think I am!

When Nick called me this morning, the first thing he "had" to tell me, was that there was a hole in our couch, big enough that one of our cats had climbed in it. IN IT...inside the couch! Granted, Nick didn't actually see him climb in, but he claims he saw him coming out. Great...

So I come home today and there are scissors on the couch, I look down and there is packaging tape all across the side of it. (at least it wasn't duct tape!) Wonder how long it's going to keep the cats out...

I got to thinking about that "hole" and the cat "escaping" into it and I thought how wonderful it would be to discover a hole big enough to climb into every once in a while. I think I'd be there now...

It would have to be someplace "serene." I remember when I was a kid (younger than Nick) every year we would watch "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" in the library at elementary school. And I always thought about how cool it would be to find a magical place like that (without the Witch of course!). I still think it would be cool to find a place like that...

...and on days like today, I would escape. Long enough to sort through my thoughts, to soak in the quiet, and "rest." Physically and mentally.

I think we all could use our own holes to crawl into...

To "think" before we "speak." To take time and concentrate on the things we should be grateful for and not complain about those things that we may not have. To be still long enough to have an encounter with God, without having a phone ring or a to-do list that "needs" to be completed.

...I need that "hole."

The past few weeks I have found a new "hobby" and in doing so, I have discovered some amazing quotes. This is the one I'm stuck on today:

The framer of our destiny is familiar with our denseness. God knows we sometimes miss the signs. Maybe that's why he gave us so many.

-Max Lucado "He Chose the Nails"

Amongst the "many signs" He gives me, is the story of the hole He gave me today. Holes for us to climb into are all around us. The one in my couch may not be big enough for me to fit into, but I can use my imagination!