“Spring makes your spirit tingle with energy and bright optimism, like you swallowed a sunrise.”
Jennifer Dukes Lee writes those words in her beautiful book, Growing Slow: Lessons on Un-Hurrying your Heart from an Accidental Farm Girl.
Along with the refreshment that comes with the cool breezes and colored-once-again scenery, spring invites us to set aside the bulk and clutter and embrace simple and easy. Doesn’t it?
My heart and mind are leaning into slowing down. Finding a new rhythm that creates joy in the ordinary. A to-do list with maybe only one thing on it, with lots of time for walks, good books, conversations with friends, and … sitting.
He leads me besides still waters.
He restores my soul.
Those words are like a cool glass of water on thirsty lips. Or a warm lotion massaged into aching muscles.
Still waters … instead of crashing waves.
Being led … instead of being in charge.
Restoration … instead of destruction.
The deepest part of my being can’t refresh, renew, or restore when I’m going full tilt.
But let me sit in quietness and breathe for a bit.
No books. No TV. No computer. No busyness.
Restoration comes.
Psalm 62:5 says, “For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him.”
Care to join me?
Sitting by still waters.
Being quiet. Settled.
Soaking in the sunrise.
Let’s do that this week.
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