Time-out!!

It wasn't long ago we had a little "time out" corner in our house.  Like clockwork...when the clock struck 4:00pm (what I called the bewitching hour ) one of my kiddies was probably found on that wooden chair with tiny arms crossed, pouting lips and an angry heart.  They needed a little break fom each other or from me.  They needed some time for a little heart change or attitude adjustment and quite possibly needed to come up with an apology.  Time outs...really did help!  I will confess, I may have found a little space in the closet somewhere where I needed to do the exact thing...to escape and examine what was happening within me.  I needed a little "time out" as well.

Us mommas weren't the first to come up with time outs!  God created the Sabbath day as a day of rest for his people.  We need to step outside our everyday life and seek Him.  We have mastered the busy part of life but we do not even know how to unplug anymore.  We live for the frazzle, almost brag about it!  We live in a time where busy is best. We do not even know HOW to be at rest.  Busy just isn't doing us any favors.  We need to be renewed, and refreshed and revived.   Jesus always took time away from all the crazy that was happening around Him. He retreated.  Give yourself permission to take a "time out".  Time to pray and have quiet time and to listen to what God has to say to your heart.