Saturday's Post: Vacation and a Verse

We are at a point in our life that the little things really make and mean more than you can realize. This weekend we are on vacation. We are just shy of 2 hours away from our home on the northern side of Houston. My in-love's have a time share, and if they chose to not use it they make it available to us. The past few years that has been the case. And I am grateful for it this year.

With my husband going independent as a trainer, and our desire to save money the option for a vacation was not going to be on the table. But with the generosity of my in-loves we do get to get away for a weekend and enjoy the company of each other.

Yesterday afternoon we went swimming as a family, relaxed in the condo, and while I chilled my husband and daughter went frog hunting. It was a marvelous evening. This morning we have already had breakfast and went on a walk around the grounds. My son is napping right now, my daughter is working on her letters on her Leap Frog pad, and my husband is looking up some thing online. It is really nice to not feel the pressure of home life. If we were home I would be trying to clean and do stuff around the house. The rest of our day will be naps, swimming, another walk and maybe watching a movie.

There is one blemish on our weekend. My son has a rash! Two days ago I thought his eczema was flaring up on his belly. Yesterday though it was obvious that it was something more. Luckily I know a variety of people in a variety of fields. A talk with an EMT and phone consult with a pediatrician gave us roseola. Which means for about the past week my son has been sick and I had no clue. The only sign was a semi running nose. The most common sign is a high fever but we have not had that. So with his runny nose I thought it was him teething (still no teeth!). But luckily for us, the rash means that he technically is healthy again. The rash is the just the end of things. So while it looks unnerving, he technically is fine. But that has not stopped me from praying or even a few others who I trust.

Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

Mark 11:24 (NKJV)

 

I prayed numerous times yesterday for and over my son. This morning his rash has cleared drastically! It is still present, but it is getting better minute by minute. The verse above is very comforting to me. Seeing isn't believing, but believing is seeing. I am believing my son's rash will go away today, and I am seeing it happen.