Tag: lifestyle
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nourishment
All rest is is nourishing my soul. It’s no less essential than respiration; no less a necessity than food to stay alive. To say it so simply is incredibly validating and helpful; yet there is so much more to rest just than that. Faith is a rest. So then, rest is a weapon. Or perhaps […]
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dinner with a Friend
i’ve been thinking a lot lately about living by and in the spirit . . . aware of spiritual realities and sensitive to the ever-presence of the Holy Spirit . . . the beautiful, sweet, glorious friendship of God, and His powerful equipment. Earlier today I was making mental note of an errand I needed […]
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perks and free stuff
This week I realized that I have {still} been trying to earn a light load and a lifestyle of glorious rest and resplendence . . . attempting to justify my deepest desires with tirelessly counter-productive inner-effort. But a light life and resplendence are my newbirth right. They are gifts that have been given to me […]
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doing rest {fully}
God has strong words for the restless. He sternly rebukes their unbelief. Breaches of the sabbath earn death as a consequence. I struggle. Rest is an act of the will. Refusing to live & walk by faith – wanting God to exempt me or give me some other way is rebellion. {Hebrews, Jeremiah} Sometimes it […]
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r e s t
Rain showered suddenly on my windshield, three minutes from ‘home’ as I analyzed the quality and notes of a dark chocolate campfire mocha . . . a bulky item from the red box store to unload. This is actually really beautiful; I’m not even mad, was the thought brought to me by the combination of […]
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