Floss & Bobbins

After 12 wonderful days of Christmas vacation, I returned to work on January 2nd.  It wasn't too bad - I made it to work on time, I caught up with those in my office, and I even took my lunch (leftover New Year's meal minus the greens!).  It was a fairly calm three days, but by Saturday I was out of steam.

When I woke on Saturday morning, I had no real energy and no desire to get anything accomplished.  I needed rest, but the six year old was up and awake.  I had to come up with something that would allow me to rest as well as keep us occupied.  The answer was embroidery floss. 

I have a lot of embroidery floss, but I have never taken the time to really organize it.  Bingo!  We spent most of the day on Saturday sitting on the floor, winding embroidery floss around bobbins.  We labeled the bobbins with the color and code.  When we ran out of the store bought bobbins, we began cutting them out using paperboard from old cereal boxes.  Yes, she got bored.  After a few hours, she told me that we had spent too much time together and she needed to go to Grammy & Pop's house!  My dad picked her up at lunchtime.  Strangely she took some of the floss and bobbins to keep working on our project.

After she left, you would think that I could have picked myself up out of the floor and done something.  Nope!  I was content to sit there and continue winding floss around the bobbins.  I thought I would feel guilty the next day because I didn't clean anything or wash any clothes, but I didn't.  I felt rested and ready for the new day.  I talked to a friend at church about it.  She nodded and said, "You just needed something mindless to do."  Yes, that was it.  I needed to rest my mind and my body. 

Mark 6:30-31  Then the apostles gathered to  Jesus  and told Him all things, both what they had done and what they had taught.  And He said to them, "Come aside by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while."  For there were many coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.