Tag: rest
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Stop.
Several weeks ago, I began to focus on finding ways to be a better steward of rest as a weekly priority. There is always more to do, always! Around the same time, my pastor preached about honoring the Sabbath. When he said, “rest is holy,” it was as if shackles came off me. Without realizing…
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Joy To The Sorrowing
I was travelling to visit a friend this past week. During my drive I travelled through 3 different states. The lush green land slowly faded to a parched but beautiful brown. As I travelled I prayed for every soul. My heart became so overwhelmed with love for my country. I wept. My beautiful nation is…
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Treasures In The Darkness
Have you ever read Psalm 23 and thought that it didn’t pertain to you? After all, you aren’t in the shadow of death. But have you really read it closely? I am doing a study by Aimee Walker on Psalm 23 titled, The Good Shepherd One of the things that has come around full circle…
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Enjoy. Pt 2 of God’s Steady Heartbeat
In my previous post, God’s Steady Heartbeat, 2020 , I wanted to go into further detail about one paragraph: “Let us not give up what has yet to happen in 2019. Let us enjoy our favorite holiday beverage (coffee anyone?), sit back and see what God will do. As we pray, as we go to…
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Keeping Ourselves in Existence
“There are times, then, when in order to keep ourselves in existence at all we simply have to sit back for a while and do nothing. The very act of resting is the hardest and most courageous act…” Thomas Merton- Abby Monk In our fast paced & busy culture I often feel like there is…
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Rest
For about nine months I have had people that I cherish tell me that a season of rest was coming for me. I would hear what they told me and say on the inside, “May it be so!” A couple of months would go by and no season of rest. But then another person would…
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In the Stillness
In the stillness you are there God. There is something so beautiful when we take time to rest and slow down. It is beautiful because in those moments God can bring healing to your mind, body, and soul. In many ways our culture is not one that values rest. It seems that the…
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Do not give up.
Do not give up. Be obedient. This is only a season. Cling to God. These are all phrases that I have been telling myself a lot lately. In a moment of raw honesty, there have been some days where the battle seemed to be so harsh that I literally wanted to give up. In those…
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