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Time to Reflect: Running Away from Responsibilities or doing something Really Important?
Although I have so much to get done and there so many possible things that could occupy my time, over these next few days I’m taking some time to pause and reflect. It started this morning with a gathering to reflect … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Life experiences, Life in all it's fullness, rest
Tagged busyness, God has the best perspective on life, how do we rest?, john 4, making time for what is important, over busy, pause, perspective, rest, time to stop, too busy, work from a place of rest, working from a place of rest
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Do you ever feel like life is too busy?
Do you ever feel like life is too busy? Do you think that it is God’s intention that we are really busy? Those of you who follow my blog will have noticed that I have written a lot less over the … Continue reading
Since when did serving God come to mean that we always have to be really busy?
At the beginning of this year I realized that I had several days of holiday entitlement that I had not taken and the leadership team of the church encouraged me to make sure I took these days off. My teenage … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Life experiences, Life in all it's fullness, rest
Tagged john 4, rest, work from a place of rest, working from a place of rest
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Make sure that you don’t get Overstretched
I went to visit someone recently who I know is going through a really hard time. We talked and prayed and as I got up to leave they said ‘make sure that you don’t get overstretched’. This person is actually entitled to say ‘could … Continue reading
Posted in consumerism, Faith, Life experiences, Loving one another, rest
Tagged consumerism, one anothering, over busy, overstretched, rest, too busy
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Prepare New Cartridge?
So, we bought a new all singing and all dancing* printer copier for the church. The sales blurb told us that the high-capacity toner cartridges would produce 3000 copies and so I was surprised to get a warning to ‘prepare … Continue reading
The one about the Flat Battery
So, I ran out at high-speed and jumped into the car and as I turned the key and the engine did nothing :(. The car had a flat battery because we had only used it for very short journeys for a few … Continue reading
Posted in Being honest about our faith, Faith, Life experiences, Relationship with God, rest, restoration
Tagged alternator, charging up, find rest in God, flat battery, how do we rest?, jump start, letting go of work and stress, living for God energizes us, Psalm 62 1, rest, sabbath, soul finds rest in God, what gives you rest
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Tiredness and finding strength in God
I don’t know if it’s to do with the time of the year or some other reason, but lots of people who I know feel really tired. I know several people who are dreading Christmas and all the preparation it can … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Faith, Life in all it's fullness, rest, restoration
Tagged are you a flapper, even youths grow tired and weary, everlasting God, exhausted, God, God creator, God gives power to the weak, Gods understanding, how eagles fly, Isaiah 40 28-31, lost, optimus prime battered old truck, rely on God, rest, soar like eagles, spiderman, tired, Transformers age of extinction, you do too much you're not superman you know
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You are not a salmon
The salmon spends its life relentlessly trying to get upstream, with ceaseless endeavour it fights the currents of massive rivers, drags itself over rocks and shallow water, forces its way up huge waterfalls. never stops, never rests just battles and … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Life in all it's fullness, rest, Who am I
Tagged find rest in God, jason statham, psalm 62 5, rest, sabbath, work from a place of rest, you are not a salmon
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