When did you last rest?

photo by Jen Gusey

photo by Jen Gusey

I pull remnants of dry, wilted vegetable plants from the earth. Next to me, a grocery bag fills with the last of the season’s tomatoes. On the other side, a black plastic lawn bag bulges with the plants poking through its sides. I move through each aisle clearing all that remains from a season of growth. The earth  releases the roots to rejuvenate its nutrients for the next growing season. Kedron tills the earth, churning fresh dark soil to the top. The ground

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Stop and Rest

photo by Jen Gusey

photo by Jen Gusey

 Sometimes it is so easy to feel bogged down by stress, chaos, frustrations and disappointments.   It can be quite damaging to bury those feelings or rely on our own strength to get by.  God asks us to give those things to Him.   

To experience the peace that only comes from God we need to stop.  To surrender.  To rest.

photo by Jen Gusey

“The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”

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