This "Branch" is going "Down the Shore" Again

From my very first year of blogging and many years since, I’ve been blogging my journeys to my “happy place”…the Jersey Shore.

A portion of this blogpost is a trip into yesteryear —one of my early Jersey shore blogs, Aug 2016.

And actually in a couple days, we will again be on our way to that favorite place on earth for me. It’s not just the ocean that calls me. It’s my roots — the precious loved ones (family and friends) and memories of my growing up years. So off we go for another adventure…

I’m taking a break ... on the way to the beach ... in New Jersey.
Yes, I'm a Jersey Girl and revisiting my roots with extended family "down the shore."

I’m trusting Him to restore my soul as I abide in HIM...
and refresh my body as I walk on the beach, drinking my coffee,
talkin' to HIM and meditating on His Word...
so I can hear His voice and keep on followin' HIM!
Thank you, Lord, for family and the Jersey shore!

Life as a Branch

Perhaps one of the most profound things I am learning about abiding is that it never takes you out of the moment you are in! …Abiding is not primarily about cloister and quiet. The invitation to abide is the invitation to draw spiritual sustenance directly from its Supernatural Source amid the dailiness of life! [even on vacation!] … If we abide, fruit happens! We do our part, but there is a life that flows up through the roots and branches that is beyond our ability to understand or produce! Abiding is and always will be a moment by moment thing. [even on vacation!]
Discipleship Journal

I'll see you soon ...blessings!

Next time: Ocean Sunrise in Scripture and Song

A Branch in the Vine

This "Branch" is going "Down the Shore" Again

A Branch In the Vine