Time flies when you’re having fun?
By Bekka Lambert
Spring Break will be here before we know it—praise the Lord, right?! It feels like the busyness of the holiday season rolled straight into January, followed by the rush of normal routines picking back up, and now Valentine’s Day prep on top of it all. Before we know it, time is flying again. I often catch myself trying to outrun it, rushing headlong into the next thing while reassuring myself that my self inflicted busyness will slow down eventually.
An opportunity is before us…
Spring Break gives us an entire week where we get to plan to choose how we spend our time—whether we intentionally engage with our kids or passively let the days slip by. And maybe the answer isn’t all or nothing. Maybe we meet somewhere in the middle.
If I’m honest, as a task-oriented person, my instinct is to use this time to catch up—to reset the house, finish the projects I’ve been putting off, and feel “back on track.” None of those things are wrong. But this Spring Break, I want to invite us to consider laying some of that aside. What might it look like to loosen our grip on our own agendas and instead prioritize connection—choosing relationship over productivity, even when it costs us something?
Before we talk about how, let’s pause and look at what Scripture says about rest:
“Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.” —Psalm 91:1
“In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, LORD, make me dwell in safety.” —Psalm 4:8
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest…” —Matthew 11:28–30
Biblical rest isn’t just the absence of activity—it’s a posture of trust. It’s choosing to dwell, to remain, to be present with God and with one another. And that kind of rest can shape how we spend time with our kids, even in the middle of real life.
So what does resting with our kids during Spring Break actually look like?
Practicing the Way offers a few helpful, practical ideas:
Start small. Rest doesn’t have to be elaborate. Try a few technology-free hours—play a board game, take a walk, shoot some hoops, or just sit and talk. Small moments of presence can be deeply meaningful.
Think subtraction, not addition. Instead of squeezing rest into an already packed schedule, ask: What can we let go of? Go fewer places. Spend less money, watch less TV, do less—and simply be together.
You get out what you put in. Like any spiritual practice, rest grows more life-giving the more intentionally we engage it.
Whether your Spring Break includes travel or staying close to home, my hope is that this week would be marked not by everything we accomplished, but by the memories we made—moments of connection, laughter, and shared rest that linger long after the week is over.
