Solitude

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Life sends us plenty of stress. If we let it, stress can control our every minute. But we don’t have to let it. We can all take a moment to breathe… to reflect… to rest.

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Someone
once said that life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans. And
it’s so often true. Life does have a way of flying by so fast we hardly notice
it. One moment we’re young, the next we’re old. And everyone finally wonders,
“Where did the time go?”

That’s
why, from time to time, we all need a break from the mad rush to “stop and
smell the roses,” as some people put it.

Life
sends plenty of stress our way from every direction, it seems. And, if we let
it, that stress can take control of every minute of the day. But we don’t have
to let it. We can all take a moment to breathe… to reflect… to rest.

Jesus
was no different. He needed time to rest too. Time to be alone, to reflect, to
pray – time away from the crowd and the hectic pace.

In
Mark 7:24, for example, Mark wrote, “Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it;
yet he could not keep his presence secret.” Jesus
often went up onto a mountain to escape the crowds so he would have time to be
alone and pray.

Luke tells us, “Jesus
went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. When
morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he
also designated apostles” (Luke 6:12-13). Jesus took time to be alone with God before making these
important decisions about choosing the 12 apostles.

When
do you take a moment to recharge your batteries? Or do you? Like a sluggish computer
that needs a reboot, you and I need to “reboot” once in a while, too.

Why
not take a lesson from Jesus and find a discreet, pleasant place, away from the
crowd and the incessant clamor of the day, where you might be able to spend a
few minutes each day in quiet conversation with God? That might not be possible
during the workday itself, but what about afterward? Maybe in place of TV shows
and loud commercials for a half hour or so.

Just
some time when you and God can be alone together: time to listen to him, rest
in him, and let him refresh you and recharge you. “Truly my soul finds rest in God; my
salvation comes from him” says Psalm 62:1.

You
won’t realize how good that rest can be until you try it.

I’m
Joseph Tkach, speaking of LIFE.

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Someone
once said that life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans. And
it’s so often true. Life does have a way of flying by so fast we hardly notice
it. One moment we’re young, the next we’re old. And everyone finally wonders,
“Where did the time go?”

That’s
why, from time to time, we all need a break from the mad rush to “stop and
smell the roses,” as some people put it.

Life
sends plenty of stress our way from every direction, it seems. And, if we let
it, that stress can take control of every minute of the day. But we don’t have
to let it. We can all take a moment to breathe… to reflect… to rest.

Jesus
was no different. He needed time to rest too. Time to be alone, to reflect, to
pray – time away from the crowd and the hectic pace.

In
Mark 7:24, for example, Mark wrote, “Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it;
yet he could not keep his presence secret.” Jesus
often went up onto a mountain to escape the crowds so he would have time to be
alone and pray.

Luke tells us, “Jesus
went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. When
morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he
also designated apostles” (Luke 6:12-13). Jesus took time to be alone with God before making these
important decisions about choosing the 12 apostles.

When
do you take a moment to recharge your batteries? Or do you? Like a sluggish computer
that needs a reboot, you and I need to “reboot” once in a while, too.

Why
not take a lesson from Jesus and find a discreet, pleasant place, away from the
crowd and the incessant clamor of the day, where you might be able to spend a
few minutes each day in quiet conversation with God? That might not be possible
during the workday itself, but what about afterward? Maybe in place of TV shows
and loud commercials for a half hour or so.

Just
some time when you and God can be alone together: time to listen to him, rest
in him, and let him refresh you and recharge you. “Truly my soul finds rest in God; my
salvation comes from him” says Psalm 62:1.

You
won’t realize how good that rest can be until you try it.

I’m
Joseph Tkach, speaking of LIFE.

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