Cabin Fever

Well we have been basically "inside" now for a week. It's been very cold here day and night... Not really the weather to be outside 'playing'. Those of you who have children ranging from 2-22 might understand what I am talking about. Now understand.. we have very well behaved children for the most part, but they are still children... growing in YHWH!

Granted we have a home that is about 1750 Ft Sq... but with 12 people in and out all day... that honestly isn't alot of room. And the little ones are very healthy children... children who enjoy the fine art of running, jumping, spinning, twirling, flipping, rolling, and basically having fun!! Well now, that is all well and fine outside (read NOT THROUGH a 14 foot trailer)! So it is over couches, under tables, around the woodburning stove, down the hallway, and back through the same obstacle course all through the day... LOL! Throw in a few additional jumps from the upper level living room to the lower level living room (that basically sound to mom and dad in the office like miniature atomic blasts going off somewhere closeby) and you can somewhat get the picture.

Then there's the animals... and the wood piled up in the living room to feed an ever hungry stove... The laundry in the hallway that we dry each night to help keep the back end (of the house I mean) warm.. Need I go on? In the old days.. they had a term for the long, cold winters (ok.. so 2 weeks doesn't seem too long to you.. but this is Missouri.. not Alaska!)........... "Cabin Fever!"

Now there is a lesson in this so please bear with me. Maybe you have felt Spiritually something similar to what we are going through physically. Perhaps in your life there are things that are causing you to feel that 'need' to "get out". Not out of this world, of course, but just take a short vacation from all of the confusion that seems to be going on inside of you. In Matt 11:28 YHWSHUA said, "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." My friend, that rest is available to you today. Get alone with HIM for awhile, talk to HIM, let HIM know how you are feeling. HE has all the answers that you need in every area of your life. Won't you run through the obstacle course in your life and into HIS loving arms today?

- David