Come To Me

Whether we are aware of it all the time or not, our lives are greatly influenced by the rhythms that exist all around us. There is the rhythm of sunrise and sunset. There is the rhythm built into our calendars through marking the days, months, seasons and years. There are the rhythms of work, school, recreation and relationships. One of the ways we can experience fullness of life is by regularly participating in the God-given rhythm of Sabbath; God's invitation to Stop, Rest Delight and Worship. As a church, every June we choose to pay particular attention to Sabbath and the ways Jesus is asking us to trust him with all the things we feel we need to control. Our prayer is that this yearly return to focusing on Sabbath begins to shape all of the other rhythms of our lives so that panic is replaced by peace. Discouragement is diminished by joy. Tights fists are loosened to create open hands. Striving is quieted by stillness.