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Saying ‘Yes’ More and ‘No’ More (The Joys of Slow Living)

September 15, 2018 By beautyinchrist Leave a Comment

‘Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

²⁹Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

³⁰For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.’

For so long I felt burdened with a heavy burden. This went on from about the age of 14 to the age of 23 or 24.

i was living like the Christian life was supposed to be a huge burden. i lived the fast life, life in the fast lane, where I didn’t have time to slow down, i didn’t have time to think or to spend much time in His Word or grounding myself in the truth.

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Week In Review: Learning Every Day to Slow Down. . .

March 4, 2018 By beautyinchrist 8 Comments

Every day this past week, I was learning a valuable lesson.

Slow down.

Be still.

Psalm 62:5, ‘⁵My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.’

I stink at being still, but I’m learning there is such value in it. I like to say that I’m a bit ‘ADD’, because I do have a really tough time slowing down, sitting still, and I do sympathize with the little ones in church on a Sunday morning. However, I love being there so it’s definitely something I can sit for, and it’s been a good precious lesson in learning to be still. I was reading Ashley’s story of recovery from hypothalamic amenorrhea, and it made me think about how important it is to rest and slow down.

That means that I have to be wise about the things I say, ‘Yes’ to and the things I say ‘No’ to.

This past week was just that kind of week.

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