Vacation

A blessing of vacationing is the pulled back prospective on life and where you are heading. Friendships are strengthened with your family. They seem to be in a better mood because you're around for only a short time and you all want to be on better behavior to be clear that you love them and they love you before you leave. I'm so grateful for the fun that we've been able to have on our visit to Utah. I think fun needs to be earned to have deep abiding value. The fun that can be reminisced about for years. We may earn it through overcoming a bad mood, or after long hours of work, or taking care of children (which is work! The best work!). "Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities" (The family: A Proclamation to the World). I think that many of could really benefit from more fun activities together, but they can be addicting! I know because I'm the king of overkill. Marriage and family is a faith-based relationship and can be greatly enhanced by having some wholesome fun together often. I know God lives. He wants to bless us if we only ask, seek, and knock.