a weekend away....

hello from a refreshed and ready to work friend...
a precious time with girls with weekend (thank you A & A!!) at the beach was a much-needed affair...
don't worry BBTN people...orders ship as usual with much help from our crew but i took a break....

fabulous company, great music, and the beach can always be a recipe for a renewal... reset accomplished...

i enjoyed the change from the norm so much for just a short time....as everyone understands...
so this morning was a really big difference in my usual healthy waffle house and kids..sleeping a little later than usual (not much) and a drive to starbucks for a coffee...followed by a drive to the beach across from where we stayed...

i really had no idea it would provide clarity...there was NO ONE there except for a few surfers in the distance and an older fisherman....not buildings, not bathrooms or pavillions... really for the first time ever i had few minutes on the beach to be alone in that type setting...quiet moments for sure. (of course i just so happened to have my camera so you could be completely inundated yet once again...well...i guess you chose to read right?)

quiet moments are really hard to come by these days for everyone i think...there is always a TV or a phone....or even just noise....it gave me a lot of perspective that i know was planned by my creator....just he and I ...time....loud and clear...

“Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10)

Ashley, be still, my creator said to me as loud as if he was standing there...be still....i love you and i am absolutely in control...of all things vast as the ocean and small like the birds...you are mine...

What does it mean when one of God’s own is commanded to “be still”?

The injunction is not given to restrict my mobility as one of God’s people. The call to obey represents a spiritual disposition that ought to characterize those to whom God’s unfailing promises have been given. how grateful i am for the strength of God's promises...very.

i make promises and have made promises...but oh to have the strength of perfection behind all of them... so i will be still and know that he is God... he has given the stars each their very own name and i am grateful that he knows my name...i rest in his promises....even when i am so very far from perfect in every single way.

Lift up your eyes on high And see who has created these stars, The One who leads forth their host by number, He calls them all by name; Because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power, Not one of them is missing.
Isaiah 40:26

blessings until next time...
thank you for the weekend new friends and old....