Again Seeker
Tonight my friends told me that I could say I was too focused on resting to post. I thought that was kind of lazy. This morning as I was sitting quietly listening to the silence in the house, I realized that even when I am silent and contemplative, the neighborhood is abuzz with noisy gratitude.…
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Play or die. The speaker, Shimi Kang, MD, said that play is essential not only for children but us adults. Play develops our neuroplasticity and leads to adaptibility, positivity, and diversity. It helps us think with our head, heart, and gut. Interesting words following a Sunday morning hike up to Seven Falls. Keck and I…
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It is good. God said it every time He spoke something into existence. It is good. It is good, and despite whether we can see it or not it is blessed. It is good. It is whole. It is beautiful. In our hurry and worry and acquiring and working, we forget. Rest, take delight in…
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It’s the second time in a few days that Ernest Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast has come up in my studies. This week, it came up as I was studying about rest and Sabbath. Sabbath became absolutely crucial to the Jewish people when they had no Tabernacle. It became a feast day of rest on the…
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The Sabbath is for you and me and everyone. But it’s just like us humans to take something that was meant for our good, our pleasure, our senses and turn it into drudgery and depression. To try to legalize it and legislate the joy right out of it. Sit in piety and darkness. Make the…
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The words jumped off the page. You begin to understand rest when your mind settles in your heart. In the Jesus tradition, prayer can be a practice of simply being in the presence of God, allowing the mind to rest in the heart. This can help us begin to understand one aspect of Sabbath time:…
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It sometimes seems that rest is one of the most evasive things in our lives. We chase after a good night’s sleep or a 15-minute nap. Or, we struggle to take a 10-minute break and shovel in our lunch at our desks. We often find rest in a dress that ties in the back, with…
Read MoreA few days ago, I requested more words for my list of again words. After a few of you gave me some input, I placed them in alphabetical order, ticked off the ones I have used, added all the new ones and came up with 193 words that begin with the prefix {re}. Phew! Yes,…
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“Remember the Sabbath day to set it apart as holy. For six days you may labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, or your male servant, or your female servant, or…
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Tonight rest takes me to my favourite hymn. This song soothes me. I hope you enjoy it. ❤
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