GuineaField

One of the reasons I love living in NYC is meeting people with diverse backgrounds.   Each person’s life could fill a library of stories, and all of these lives combine to form a tapestry of world history intersecting in one place and time.   One part of that tapestry is dark.   As we view many strands of life, we can connect with some of the worst parts of world history. I remember speaking with a dear lady in Brooklyn several years ago.   I approached her on the street and tried to begin a conversation about spiritual things.   She was not interested in changing her opinion about God.   She thought God was evil and did not even want to hear what I had to say about God’s goodness in conquering evil.   In listening to her story I realized that she had faced more evil than I will ever even see.   She was one of the few survivors of a Nazi prison camp.   She showed me the number tattooed on her arm and with a snarling look stormed away in disgust.   She was determined to remain bitt

I am so thankful that this past week I was able to spend time with my parents in SC.   We were able to get some much needed rest and relaxation before the normal fall schedule gets into full swing.   My greatest time of rest, however was not the physical detoxing from activity.   My greatest rest came from time with God. Perhaps you need rest today.   Let me encourage you to receive God’s rest His way.   You don’t have to leave NYC to get the best rest.   Rest does not come from vacation.   Studies show that vacation can actually be very stressful and not very restful!   You may concur; at times the best way to rest is not to get away but to stay (and stay your soul in God). True rest comes from knowing God.   And I guess I should add, appropriating that knowledge of God in a personal way.   Your faith in Who God is makes the pressures of life melt away.   How then, can you take time to rest?   Take time affirming Who God is.   Meditate on His character revealed in the Bib