Volume 41 Number 2

Dear Friends,

I’ve just had a couple of days away in Rye, East Sussex. What a beautiful place. A place of beauty, character, history and a place with a warm welcome, a place to savour.place to relax, to unwind, to forget all that clogs the mind and wallow in the quietness (apart from the seagulls) of a jewel in our land.

However, the point of this word isn’t Rye, although in another context it could be, the point is having time away. Time to refresh oneself; to get things into perspective; to while away the hours in an art gallery; at Bodiam Castle or another National Trust establishment; to read a book; to wait on God and be.

What h ppens next? You become tired. You become tired because you are tired but caught up in the maelstrom of life you forget your tiredness and work on.

What does this tell us? Allow yourself to be. Allow yourself that time to recharge your batteries so that when you need to have full power you will have it.

Didn’t Jesus take time out? Didn’t He need time alone, time to relax, time to recharge, time to commune with His father.

So why is it so difficult for us to do the same. This summer enjoy your ‘time out’. Luxuriate in your time away. If financial pressures preclude such a break, take a walk in the beauty of our countryside, take time for yourself.

Purge yourself of all that is a burden within you; take time to commune with your God.

Refresh your mental, physical and spiritual entities. Bring them back to the wholeness God wants them to be.

There is a time for every purpose under heaven Ecclesiastes tells us, so give yourself some time.

As you do so may God be with you.   Enjoy.    Graham

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