Friday, June 19, 2009

Finding rest

Friends,

We come to the end of another week. It is a normal human condition for us to be tired, and to look forward to the Sabbath. Christ told us that the day of rest was created for man ... as our Father's gift to His children.

Hebrews 12:12-13 [NKJV]
Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

Sisters and brothers, use tomorrow to heal, to rest and to be renewed. Seek these things not only in a physical and emotional sense, but in a spiritual sense. For our spirit needs to be filled anew with the presence and words of God. Doing so will inevitably bring physical rest -- for we must quiet our bodies in order to hear from the Lord. It will bring emotional rest -- for the voice of the Shepherd is a healing balm for the wounded heart. And it will transform you and me into the image of Christ.

Be encouraged, Jose

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