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Eat, he says. There is bread to spare. Rest, he says. I’ll keep watch. Play, he says. Stop trying to run the universe.
Shelly Miller knows all this. Her book bears the sure marks of the desperate. She is not a guru telling us the secrets of enlightenment. She is a fellow traveler telling us where she found bread.
Holy means “set apart,” which isn’t only limited to people. Holy is also used to describe places where God is present.
God created rest to be as natural as breathing.
Sabbath is the exhale required after six days of inhaling our work.
Rhythms describe the art of living a life embodied with meaning and intention in the same way God creates.
The way you move out, adapt to, and integrate with the world around you is like a free-flowing dance of choices.
Pay attention to your surroundings, adapt while remaining open to adjustments, and integrate...
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Guilt is usually a sign that you’ve made rest a routine with strict rules.
Shabbat is a Hebrew word used for Sabbath, which means “to cease.” We must cease in order to rest.
His timing is perfect, even when it sometimes feels as though he has forgotten or is busy with something more important.
“Belonging is being accepted for who you are, and fitting in is changing who you are to be accepted.”
Brené Brown describes it this way: “Fitting in is about assessing a situation and becoming who you need to be in order to be accepted. Belonging, on the other hand, doesn’t require us to change who we are; it requires us to be who we are.”
Most of us have believed the fallacy the world advertises: achieve, produce, and earn success in order to gain acceptance, love, and ultimate happiness.
Will busyness define how we wait for Jesus to come? Or will quiet contemplation
in Hebrew to wait also means “to hope.”
the fear of scarcity robs us of the miracle.
Starting is the hardest part of any good intention toward creating new rhythms.
Rhythms, unlike routines, bring intention toward our choices and order back from chaos. A life of intention ultimately leads to deep satisfaction.
The choice of rest is a kindness to your inner self that is desperate for conversation about calling.
If we are created with intention by God for a specific purpose, and the way of discovering that purpose is through relationship with him, then the way of discovering what we are missing in life is through abiding with him on Sabbath.
Sabbath provides space between you and your problems, enabling you to see from God’s perspective, often with surprising results, like a word breaking through your questions about life and awakening you to something more important.
God is always near, but we often dismiss his powerful presence in the midst of pain and hardship.
Sabbath is an awakening—a space of time containing reminders about what is most valuable.
We glorify him best when we accept who we are without reservation.
What are you missing because you are too busy to notice?
If hurry and hustle have long defined your stance, it is possible that you have missed the awareness of God’s presence amidst your circumstances. Your inability to decipher what he is saying has caused his voice to become muffled, or worse, a deafening silence. But when we rest, even for a few moments, we can hear his voice with greater clarity.
I wouldn’t have noticed the serendipity had my heart been busy and distracted.
“It’s your heart, not the dictionary, that gives meaning to your words” (Matthew 12:35 MSG).
When we envision our relationship with Jesus as a never ending love story fueled with anticipation, it changes the way we approach tomorrow, the future, and the way we walk toward Sabbath.
Sabbath is a weekly dinner date with Jesus, a time set apart when we give him our undivided attention.
May I propose that our lives are a series of love letters to our Creator? A continual conversation that started the day we took our first breath.
They love those who are hearing the message as much as the message itself.
Clarity isn’t always instantaneous, but comes as a result of persistence, perseverance, and practiced faith.
I impress upon my children not to just get through the tough times but to learn from them.
In Christ, each day is a new beginning of “hello” and “I love you.”
I don’t do church anymore, I try to be the church to people. For me, doing church is an illustration in slothful living—not laziness, but mindless busyness, something you check off on a list for your week.
Sabbath is a foreign language to the native tongue of a busy culture,
the way of faith isn’t a formula to follow but an intimate relationship of meaningful conversation.
“Wisdom is proved right by her deeds” (Matthew 11:19), not justified by the approval of others.
Our soul remembers what the mind easily forgets.
What we pour into our soul today may seem inconsequential, yet it will provide a stabilizing anchor for the future.
when our anchor is made of the false material of legalism, freedom is stuck on the b...
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Belonging comes first; then belief follows.
God’s authority is complete, perfect, and unchangeable, which means nothing can be added, taken away, or edited regarding his intention about Sabbath.
We long for rest, and the Lord of the Sabbath longs for communion with us.
God wants our trust and relinquishment more than any other desired outcome.
Sabbath is a lifestyle change not a day of change.
if we are resentful, it is impossible to practice compassion.
Do you often help others, but rarely, if ever, admit you need help? If your answer is yes, you may be deriving a false sense of self-worth.
