DOES YOUR FAMILY NEED A SPIRITUAL RECHARGE
Maybe it seems like you are always running in opposite directions between sports, music lessons, work and church activities. How long has it been since you’ve done family devotions or prayed together? Do you find it hard to connect with your kids spiritually or even just relationally? Vacation inhabits an almost mythical place in American culture. The day to day grind seems like it has no escape; enter... vacation. For many, it’s one of the only times they allow themselves to splurge and seek out some of the incredible experiences on their bucket list. And for families who struggle with staying connected (in a world where FaceTime is an app rather than an activity around the dinner table), vacation often seems like the secret to reuniting everyone. With such high expectations, it’s no wonder our family vacations often fall short of our lofty visions for them. While at first they seem like sparkling magic dust that can rejuvenate and refresh, in the end they can start to feel like a giant bag of dirt that naturally weighs us down and emphasizes the problems we hoped would somehow magically solve themselves. The stress of daily life gets replaced by the stress of planning, packing, and travel. The experiences we thought would be so inspiring are great but don’t have any lasting impact on our lives once they’ve ended. The weakened areas in our families which we hoped would be reinforced by time together can become even worse as each member of the family goes in their own direction. It seems impossible a group of people can spend several days together and have no significant relational growth at the end. But so many times that is exactly what happens.
BUT AT WORD OF LIFE, WE BELIEVE THAT WITH SOME PLANNING, EFFORT, AND PRAYER, A FAMILY VACATION CAN SERVE AS A LIFE-CHANGING TIME FOR EVERYONE IN YOUR
FAMILY. IT CAN BECOME A TIME THAT LAYS THE
FOUNDATION FOR JOY, HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE YEAR.
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