Comments on: Rest and Be Aware http://circleofhope.net/blog/2008/03/20/rest-and-be-aware/ A safe place to explore and express God's love. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:09:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jonny Rashid http://circleofhope.net/blog/2008/03/20/rest-and-be-aware/comment-page-1/#comment-487 Jonny Rashid Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:12:07 +0000 http://circleofhope.net/blog/2008/03/20/rest-and-be-aware/#comment-487 Rest was precisely the thing that I took up for Lent, believe it or not. I feel like I am totally restless, all of the time. I observed the sabbath this Lent and really tried to take a load off. That's truly not the easiest thing for me to do. Even now, I'm reading these blogs just minutes before a job interview. I'll learn someday; thanks for showing the way. Rest was precisely the thing that I took up for Lent, believe it or not. I feel like I am totally restless, all of the time. I observed the sabbath this Lent and really tried to take a load off. That’s truly not the easiest thing for me to do. Even now, I’m reading these blogs just minutes before a job interview. I’ll learn someday; thanks for showing the way.

]]> By: Amoreena Berkley http://circleofhope.net/blog/2008/03/20/rest-and-be-aware/comment-page-1/#comment-464 Amoreena Berkley Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:55:14 +0000 http://circleofhope.net/blog/2008/03/20/rest-and-be-aware/#comment-464 A woman once told me that God gave us the ability to multi-task so that we could "pray without ceasing" while performing our daily duties. Too often, however, I find that I use the ability to multi-task in order to fill my mind with endless scenerios and outcomes, causing me great anxiety and stress. I spend a lot of time dwelling on the past or trying to predict the future. The same wise woman explained, God is a god of the present who calls Himself "I AM". That is why there is so much fear and uncertainty in the past and the future. --God does not dwell there. Maybe these concepts are a tad simplistic, but they've helped me in my pursuit of rest. Isn't it funny how when you finally try to slow down and enjoy rest, it seems so darn uncomfortable!? *good book= The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawerence A woman once told me that God gave us the ability to multi-task so that we could “pray without ceasing” while performing our daily duties. Too often, however, I find that I use the ability to multi-task in order to fill my mind with endless scenerios and outcomes, causing me great anxiety and stress. I spend a lot of time dwelling on the past or trying to predict the future. The same wise woman explained, God is a god of the present who calls Himself “I AM”. That is why there is so much fear and uncertainty in the past and the future. –God does not dwell there. Maybe these concepts are a tad simplistic, but they’ve helped me in my pursuit of rest. Isn’t it funny how when you finally try to slow down and enjoy rest, it seems so darn uncomfortable!?

*good book= The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawerence

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