Refresh: Embracing a Grace-Paced Life in a World of Endless Demands

by Shona Murray

Vacations make memories, memories that you cannot make at home. Vacations bind friends and families together in a unique way. Vacations take you to churches you never knew existed and Christians you never met before. Vacations make you pray for these other Christians. Vacations show you more of God’s world and the power of the gospel in other people’s lives. Vacations enrich your spiritual life. Vacations make you laugh together. Vacations make you reminisce together. Vacations show you God’s protection on strange roads in strange places. I heard of one Christian couple who decided to have a staycation one year, staying at home and doing absolutely nothing for a whole week. They found it to be an utterly miserable experience. So get away!