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Rest for your soul

 Well I missed writing my blog last week! I felt really guilty at first but decided not to beat myself up.  It was a crazy busy week and I cannot do everything. In fact it has been a really busy month and truthfully, I am simply feeling tired.  I would like to think I can handle everything every week, but it simply isn’t true and God does not call me to do that.

So at the end of my crazy busy week, we packed and went to spend a few days with our family. It was of course a real blessing. I am so proud of our grandchildren and love them dearly. They are however, very active children.

‘Grammy, come on the trampoline with me.’

‘Grammy, come kick the ball with me.’

‘Grammy, I need you to run really fast.” (Well that didn’t happen!)

‘Grammy, let’s go!’

Well Grammy came home simply worn out. The following day I had an early morning commitment at my local church followed by a full day. Today I had another early volunteer commitment at my church and finally arrived home after one this afternoon.

It was very tempting to curl up with a book, but I took myself off for a walk instead and had a beautiful refreshing time with The Lord.

‘Come to me all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.’ (Matthew 11:28 NIV). Now this verse is apparently a call to follow Jesus although some interpretations suggest it is an invitation to stop all our activity and simply rest as an active resistance to the kingdoms of this world. However I believe it is also a good reminder to spend time with Jesus to forget all our busyness and simply be. So that’s what I did. And Jesus refreshed my soul!

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