Mommy Retreat ~ China Style

 

So we've been in our new home for a few months now,

and Daddy has been here the past month.

 

And shortly after he arrived home ~ I came to realize something

 

I'm tired.

 

 

And because he is wonderful,

he blessed me with a mini retreat

 

9 days in Beijing

 

Alone

 

It did my Spirit good,

to have this time to rest.

 

And look around at the beauty I'm surrounded with,

 

This YeYe was marching to music being played over a loud speaker

here at the Back side of the Forbidden City

 

I think I cried e.v.e.r.y. day here

 

I was so tired.

 

The 2 yrs preparing to move here was amazing

Seeing how God moved mountains ~

 

However it was once we arrived,

and we all 'exhaled'

 

That I realized I was needing some help

 

And I found my Help in one of the most unlikely places.

 

In one of the heaviest polluted cities in the world.

 

My Spirit was refreshed,

My joy returned

I got my breath back

 

 

"In the morning,

 O Lord, you hear my voice

in the morning,

 I lay my requests before you

and wait

in Expectation!"

 

(Ps5:3)

 

Everywhere I looked I saw joy

 

And Life!

 

And Laughter ~

 

"They will rebuild the ancient ruins and restore the places long devastated;

they will renew the ruined cities that have been devastated for generations."

 

Beauty everywhere ~

 

One of my favorite Galleries ~

 

And I witnessed stolen moments of such tenderness ~

 

Love the pets here!  LOL

 

So thankful to be back home now in Zhongshan,

but so thankful for my time in Beijing!

 

"Then your light will break forth like the dawn

and your healing will quickly appear"