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Finding joy in the journey

1 Comment / Life Balance, News & Reflections / Tom Stuart

This week I am crossing one off the bucket list. As you read this, I am incommunicado on a sailboat in Northern Lake Superior – somewhere between Thunder Bay, Ontario and Isle Royale. Sailing is one of the things that renews me. One of the things I love about sailing is that it slows everything down. Think about the quality of unhurried interaction afforded Jesus and His disciples through their times together under sail on the Sea of Galilee.

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Winning the battle for rest

Life Balance / Tom Stuart

Rest, it is easy to talk about, but sometimes hard to find. Rest is a state of mind. It is not guaranteed by restful surroundings nor conducive circumstances. Finding true rest in body and soul is accomplished only by faith. “For only we who believe can enter His place of rest.” (Hebrews 4:3) This act of believing is rooted in an implicit trust in God.

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Consider the lilies and the bee!

Holy Spirit Aha's, Life Balance / Tom Stuart

Holiday weekends like this Memorial Weekend seem to be made for taking time to consider the lilies. When Jesus tells us to consider the lilies, He is literally saying that we are to stop and study them. So here is my self prescription for considering the lilies.

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Why true rest is so hard and the Rx

Life Balance / Tom Stuart

We live in a culture that has a dysfunctional view of time. Recent statistical studies show that Americans are now working more and vacationing less than any industrialize nation including Japan. Most of us have succumb to such a frenzied pattern of living that even when we take a break we do not find the deep refreshing of both soul and body that we long for. From the very beginning of creation mankind has battled this. That is why God has programmed into the weekly rhythm of our lives time-outs to rest the body and soul, regain His perspective through reflection and renew ourselves spiritually. It’s called a Sabbath rest.

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The joy of discovering what renews you

Growth & Development, Life Balance, Window into my Soul / Tom Stuart

People who have known me for some time often ask me “Are you still running?” And thankfully by the grace of God, I can still answer, “Yes, I am.” With the warmer weather I have been celebrating my deliverance from the confines of the tread mill to once again enjoy the exhilaration of running outside.

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