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Rest for Pastors

“I just feel tired.”  Isaiah 30:15 “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength.”  Pastors need to take care of their mental health.  What they say to their people is what they should do themselves.  Be alone with God.

God’s World

Be out in nature and enjoy God’s beauty.  Psalm 19 “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.” Go for a walk.  Go out to the mountains.  God is still working.  God is moving.  He is doing a great work in your life.

Everything

“Meaningless! Meaningless!”says the Teacher.“Utterly meaningless!Everything is meaningless.” Ecclesiastes 1:2 I have said and even more poignantly felt these words.  There are times in life when meaning, purpose, and virtue gag me.  They get caught in my throat, freeze my brain, and burden my soul.  Yet “meaningless-ness” does not fully express my despair; even “utter” Read more…