"I need some time to slow down!" I have heard that statement several times in the past few days. Summer comes....we go crazy trying to fit in everything we can because you never know when it will rain again....and school is ending and we have to open the cottage, or go to the lake or celebrate another birthday....and on it goes. We are being consumed by the speed of life. Summer is really a season when we are given the opportunity to breathe. One definition of "breathe" is to "pause and rest before continuing." I have to do that when I'm climbing a mountain in B.C. or Colorado. Stop to catch my breath...sometimes because the air is too thin and at the speed I'm travelling, it's not enough. I want to give you some encouragement this day....take time this summer to breathe. Put the over active schedule down, pick up a book, or go for a walk, or listen to some music that you haven't listened to for a long time...and breathe. Pause and rest before continuing. God actually tried to help us with that little thing by giving us a day that the Jewish people called the "sabbath." In the Hebrew shabbāth, literally meaning ...rest! It is one of God's 10 commandments found in Deuteronomy chapter 5 verses 12-15. It's called a "sabbath to the Lord your God." One person stated the perfect world would have one day a week where everyone has it off...no exceptions. What a novel idea...one day off a week for everyone. Sounds a lot like a sabbath. So just for fun, or for your spiritual life....try taking one day off this summer...no working...no exceptions...and breathe. You just might find God is waiting to give you the breath of life.
Blessings,
Pastor Brian
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