We are halfway there, halfway through this Summer season. Have you slowed down your pace? Have you allowed your steps to become smaller, less pushed by the “have to’s,” and more controlled by the “want to’s?”

Have you taken an early evening stroll through your neighborhood and noticed the summer blooms?

Have you walked along the beach edge and let the water wash over your feet as it ebbs and flows?

Have you taken your boat out onto the lake at sunrise and turned the motor off and just watched the new day begin?

Have you read just one chapter of that book you’ve been meaning to finish before taking on your “to do,” list?

Have you taken that first cup of coffee or tea outside and sipped it slowly as you marvel at God’s creation around you?

Best of all, have you sat just a little longer with God each morning? Have you taken a deep breath in and released it slowly as you realize He is with you there?  Have you sat in silence with Him and savored the fact that you are in relationship with Him? Have you thanked Him for that? Have you opened His Word and read the amazing Truth it holds? Have you let its Truth be the only thing you hear in your busy, complicated mind? Have you let that Truth wash over you like a refreshing dip in a pool? Have you pushed aside the prompting to get up and “do” something? Have you truly given in to being “Lazy” with God?

I hope you have! Because when you do you find the refreshment your parched, weary soul is in desperate need of!

“The law of The Lord is perfect,

Reviving the soul;

The testimony of the Lord is sure,

Making wise the simple;

The precepts of The Lord are right,

Rejoicing the heart;

The commandment of the Lord is pure,

Enlightening the eyes;

The fear of The Lord is clean,

Enduring forever;

The rules of the Lord are True,

And righteous altogether.

More to be desired are they than gold,

Even much fine gold,

Sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.”

Psalm 19:7-10

TRUTH BOMB

SLOWING DOWN AND SPENDING TIME WITH GOD IS NEVER WASTED TIME.

You are not a slug when you intentionally slow down, move slower, and get lazy with God. Instead, you are more like a caterpillar nourishing yourself on what you need to become the butterfly God intends you to be!

So, slow down, take in all God has for you and remember, He is creating you to be something beautiful! 

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