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  1. As a psychologist, who is a Christ follower, I give this advice to my clients all the time. One of the things that I add, is tell God that”feel me with your love. I receive your love through your Holy Spirit.”So many times we don’t feel or allow ourselves to receive the love that’s there for us in Christ.

  2. It is Sunday and I am getting ready for church. This devotion was beautiful and it fits right into what occurred in my life yesterday. All of the things mentioned in your devotion I had been thinking of, but I am 76 years old and my child is 54 and my grandson is 13. I do have trouble at time as I am alone. My ex-husband is in a facility for violent dementia and I had to sell the house and I moved into a different facility. I have 4 different major issues that hang over me and I do pray a lot, but I guess God’s timeline is not the same as mine which we all have to remember. So, on Friday I was so weary, overwhelmed and upset, I read my (in) Bible and found a scripture that Jesus said it was OK to rest and so to show you where I relate to your devotional is I did just what Jesus said yesterday and it not only felt good and I could pray or work with my Bible, but I only had 3 small things that I had to do and that is all I did. This morning when I got up, I was feeling much better than I normally do in the early morning and I went right to my computer to read today’s devotion. Thank you for choosing this one to give to us on a Sunday. As I finish my reply the church bells from a church across the street are chiming, right on time. I love all of you (in) women who help those of us that really need it and others that may join our Christian Community. Love to you all and please have a Blessed Sunday……………………Betsy Basile

    • I love how perfectly timed all these things were for you, Betsy. God sees you and knows you and loves you so deeply.

  3. I love today’s devotional. It has spoken to me in so many way. I am the type of person who goes on and doesn’t take enough rest for myself. I say they need my help. So they do like my elderly Dad. I do his Home tidying up Monday to Friday. Don’t get me wrong I love doing it. I do on to the Love of the Lord and the Love of my elderly Dad. As it needs done this many times each week for him. People have said to me including my Husband you have to take more rest out for you. I suffer seizures. Slow down take more time of from your Dad’s think of yourself. Like People working they get so many Holidays of from their work to rest chill out and charge their batteries as the saying goes. I have been in the past saying I can’t my Dad’s needs me to do his House. I have to do it for him as if didn’t I not be a very caring Christian. People could say your not being very Christian you taking off when your Dad needs you to do his House. They could also say a Christian is being caring and not think of yourself. Thinking of other People like your Dad and helping him by doing his House. Not thinking of what you need. I have thought like that. As it says in the Bible the story about the Samaritan.That story means helping those that need your help. Not forgetting about them like some did in the story in the Bible. Like me with my elderly Dad not forgetting about him and helping him. Then when I did take a week of not that long ago. Me and my Husband went away for a few days. During that time I took a couple of seizures. God told me it was exhaustion that got the better of me. So it was I was so tired and had no energy that I took the seizures on Holiday. It was my own fault for not taking enough rest. Not thinking the way I had that I can’t take of from my Dad’s he needs me. No wonder my body made me have the seizures as I had not taken the time of now and then to charge my batteries. Before I took the week of not that long ago. I just with exhaustion collapsed. God said to me you can still do your Dad’s. But you need to take more rest for yourself you need to every so often charged your batteries. Like my son Jesus did. He didn’t mind helping People. But to be good at helping them he had to rest. My son Jesus did that from time to time. If didn’t he be no good in helping them after so long. You must do the same or you will be no good to yourself or your Dad. God gave me Matthew 11:28-30. It is about rest. I have to listen to that. Love today’s reading. Love Dawn Ferguson-Little Enniskillen Co.Fermanagh N.Ireland xx

    • Yes, rest, Dawn. Matthew 11:28-30 in the Message version is my favorite: “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”

  4. I think there is a simple saying: You can do some things, but you can’t do everything!

    That’s giving you permission to selectively leave on or take things off your to do list where you can, so you have room to breathe and enjoy more of the simple pleasures of life! We all need to slow down.

  5. Thank you for this reminder. I think we can get caught up in the hustle and bustle sometimes. It’s good to remind ourselves to lean into simplicity.

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