Feast of Joy, Day 1
On Day 1 of the Feast of Tabernacles, celebrate the joy of God's faithfulness in the wilderness and the harvest.
On Day 1 of the Feast of Tabernacles, celebrate the joy of God's faithfulness in the wilderness and the harvest.
Mini-post: Thought-provoking quote from Return to Your Rest. It begins, "Our Lord sees how very confused we are about rest ..."
I hadn't previously thought it. But suddenly I knew: Psalm 23 is a song of rest – a song David started, but anyone can sing.
How could I write about rest, in a season where rest seemed to have permanently fled?
In God’s economy, Time Out isn’t a punishment. It’s a blessing and a gift. Regularly, intentionally, you punctuate periods of purposeful labor with real rest.
To help us grasp the stark contrast between God's view of submission and the way some religious people view it, let's consider the contrast between God's view of Sabbath and the way some religious people have viewed it.