(This is a picture of Seashell Island off the coast of Panama City Beach, Florida. It is part of the national forrest there, and we took a ferry over and spent a whole day there on the beach! Just one of the fun things we did on vacation this summer!)
Well, here it is...the first installment of many to come after a much needed break! Summer and the first part of the Fall has been quite busy. I am sure it has been busy for all of us! Right now I am sitting in my living room looking out my back picture window. The trees are turning a beautiful shade of yellow-orange, and the squirrels are busy gathering food for the winter. I am wondering where the time has gone. I feel like summer was just yesterday, except for the fact that I have an abundance of football games, soccer games, and school projects already under my belt! Football ended last week, as did Jacob's soccer season. Caleb has one more weekend of outdoor soccer and then we go indoor! And, school projects are on my horizon for a very long time to come. Finding time to rest has been a challenge in amongst the clutter. I found myself wondering, after vacation, if a time of rest was coming again in the near future. Then the Lord gently reminded me, as I memorized a scripture from Isaiah, that rest can be found wherever we are..."Here is a place of rest. Let the tired people come and rest. This is a place of peace." Isaiah 28:12. Inside relationship with the Lord we can find rest. So, over the last few days I have found myself closing my eyes, taking a deep breathe, and quietly quoting this scripture. Inside the chaos that is sometimes my life, in the arms of my Savior I find peace, my own little haven of rest. A place I would gladly share with you all! Take a minute, a few seconds in your day to breathe a soft prayer and find your own little island of refuge with Jesus! Are you tired? Come and rest!
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Monday, October 26, 2009
by Crystal Colp