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Still Saturday: When We Are Busy

February 13, 2015 By Sandra Heska King

Christ is our rest

 

God wants our attention in the midst of this hurried and busy world. He wants us to frame our lives around him and the moments he has created for us.

We are busying ourselves to death.

Our minds are lost.

Our walk has been disturbed.

God wants us to shed our desires, our stuff, and our distractions so that we can find him.

Our greatest and most destructive sin may just be “being busy.” It is robbing us of the moments right in front of us. We have to learn to resist the anxious momentum of the world. We need to see quietness and rest as our salvation. Christ is our rest, our peace. He is the gaps and moments of our days. He is there to free us from the exhaustion, to direct our passions and lives. If we let our minds be consumed and abused by the world’s stuff, we will lose our ability to know God and show him to the world and our families.

~Matt Knisely in Framing Faith

 

busy

 

In the stillness,

Sandy

 

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Welcome to the Still Saturday Community where we pause after a busy week, move in quiet pilgrimage, maybe linger a while in some still place, and soak in the beauty of images and reflect on the depth of sparse words. We’d love for you to join us. Grab the button and link up below. We all love to hear if something especially speaks to your heart, but please don’t feel pressured to comment. Simply take some time to be still together, to gaze long and drink deep.

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  1. Elizabeth Stewart says

    February 14, 2015 at 2:54 am

    Really beautiful post, Sandra.

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 15, 2015 at 2:05 pm

      I’m just starting to read this book. Good stuff. I hope you’re having a beautiful weekend, Elizabeth.

  2. Kim Stewart says

    February 14, 2015 at 7:12 am

    Sandra, what beautiful encouragement today to Be Still. I love this: “God wants us to shed our desires, our stuff, and our distractions so that we can find him.” Oh why do we make that so hard? Great to meet you and discover your linkup. Have a great weekend,
    Kim Stewart

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 15, 2015 at 2:38 pm

      It’s great to meet you, Kim. I don’t know why we make it so hard. Maybe because in finding Him we find ourselves–and maybe we’re afraid of that?

  3. Debbie Putman says

    February 14, 2015 at 9:07 am

    “He wants us to frame our lives around him and the moments he has created for us.” How beautifully said. That is poetry and I would love a picture with those words on it for my Intentional Living wall.

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 15, 2015 at 2:36 pm

      That sounds like a plan, Debbie. 🙂

  4. Alison Schuster says

    February 14, 2015 at 10:31 am

    I love the words, pictures and learning about the beauty of stillness. It is really hard for a doer like myself, but am asking the Lord to remind me “to be still and know that He is God.” Your writings are being used to remind me.

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 15, 2015 at 2:34 pm

      Oh, thank you, dear Alison. That’s an answer to prayer–that what I share could touch just one person. I’m learning to be undone by doing less–even doing less FOR God–and listening to Him more, watching for Him more–letting Him do THROUGH me. xoxo

  5. ~ linda says

    February 14, 2015 at 12:01 pm

    Oh, Sandra, this is a hard truth to swallow yet one far to real. Thank you for the words of Mr. Knisely, and for your fine photo at the top. The whiteness of it all lend to the rest we need. Praying for that.
    Caring through Christ, ~ linda

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 15, 2015 at 2:06 pm

      Yes, Linda. So hard to swallow. Yet so sweet once we finally eat them. 🙂

      And thank you. 🙂

  6. bluecottonmemory says

    February 14, 2015 at 3:40 pm

    A rest from the busyness – my soul yearns for it. I’m learning to find that place -rest. Beautiful reminder – and beautiful photo, Sandra!

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 15, 2015 at 2:08 pm

      Thanks, friend. I think I’m going to be learning how to rest until I’m laid to rest.

  7. Jason Stasyszen says

    February 14, 2015 at 6:15 pm

    Lord, save us from our busy inclinations… Enjoying the quietness and rest here as always, Sandra. Thank you.

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 15, 2015 at 2:08 pm

      Amen. And thanks, Jason.

  8. Janis Cox says

    February 14, 2015 at 9:29 pm

    Sandra,
    Beautiful. We are on the same wavelength. What is deceiving us – keeping us from full concentration on living life with God.
    Blessings,
    Janis

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 15, 2015 at 2:18 pm

      Deceivers and distractors. I so long for a simpler and more uncluttered life. Love to you, Janis.

  9. Laurie Collett says

    February 14, 2015 at 10:28 pm

    Beautiful passage and such an important and convicting truth. Thanks for hosting & God bless.
    Laurie

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 15, 2015 at 2:20 pm

      I think I’m really going to like this book. Hugs, Laurie.

  10. Patricia @ Pollywog Creek says

    February 14, 2015 at 11:29 pm

    Such a lovely post, Sandra…and I LOVE that book.

    Have of warm weekend, my beautiful friend.

    xoxox

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 15, 2015 at 2:20 pm

      I’m just now getting into it. So far, so great! It’s not too warm here… but the sun is shining. 🙂

  11. Barbie says

    February 15, 2015 at 12:22 am

    I am guilty of being too busy too often. Our busyness keeps us from His presence. I want to slow down and allow Him to capture me. Have a blessed week.

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 15, 2015 at 2:21 pm

      Me, too. I’m getting better but still have so far to go… or so far to slow… 😉

  12. Joanne Viola says

    February 15, 2015 at 8:06 am

    This is so hard to see in our own lives Truth right here >> “Our greatest and most destructive sin may just be “being busy.” It is robbing us of the moments right in front of us.” I want to see & be & live in this moment. Grateful for the reminder! Blessings!

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 15, 2015 at 2:24 pm

      I had to stop and read that several times to see if I agreed. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. You shall have no other gods before me. Yep, I think I agree. My busyness keeps me from Him and tells me other things are more important… Ouch.

  13. Heather @ My Overflowing Cup says

    February 15, 2015 at 9:41 pm

    Thanks so much for letting us know about this book, Sandra.

    It sounds like a beautifully written reminder that we all need at one time or another.

    May we all be still and know that He is God!

    Blessings to you and yours.

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