Wow! It is amazing how far one can get in the proverbial work hole while away on a short vacation. My wife and I took a needed break the week before last. We didn't go far, didn't even leave the state. We weren't gone long, a total of eleven days. However, I have been back home for a little over a week and still feel like I am two weeks behind! How does that even work?

In my morning devotions, I was reading about the children of Israel, God's ancient people, passing up an opportunity to move into the land that God was giving them. They bowed out because there were "giants there". Since they didn't trust God to take care of those giants, they wound up wondering around in the desert for enough time that most of them would not ever get into that homeland that God had promised them. They could have moved in years ago. Now they were so far behind that most of them missed the opportunity completely!

Now that I think about it, I am grateful that I am only two weeks behind. Sigh! It's good to be back.