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Show A PLACE James "Draw nigh to The holiday God, and He wi Ll, season is upon us. QUIET OF 4:8 nigh d raw The Bright lights are shining. The Everybody is just going and coming to you." glittering commerce and caught up in the hustle and bustle of fast enough, we have to make an extra decorations cent er-s are are flashing. crowded and rushed. coming anR going., And we are s if life is not paced shopping. to keep up with those hop just In the midst of it all, we are bothered. Our lives are centers of anxiety. Our minds are tossed in frustration. And we wonder where peace is as we remember the Prince of Peace. around us. Is there time to withdraw from the rush of life and are there a few anybody really care about anybody else and do about ourselves? Is there a place of quiet rest for weary souls some moments for meditation? Do care we and worn spirits? the advice of James is wisdom for this very time. 'raw nigh to God, rr "The Lord is \1i th you, while fe are ",d th him; and He will draw nigh to you. and if ye seek him, he will be found by 'you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.tt ( 2nd Chron. 15:26) Yes, there is a place of quiet rest. Perhaps That place is where God is. Now, although many of us think otherwise, God has never left us. We"left God. All we need do is remember where we strayed and return to God. He is waiting as Our Father with outstretched arms of weLcome; when we come to ourselves, we can go back home. "Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water." ' ( Hebrews As 10:22) For there is a place of quiet rest. draw nigh to God, God will draw nigh to us. Remember, as the prodigal returned S0n home, the father ran out to meet him. There was such rejoicing that those in the fields heard the music'and inquired 'fty" Let me paraphrase the answer, 'his boy was away from home, out there in the world of rush and we hurry. Now, he has come back to the place of quiet. Life may be busy but don't forget about God. You may be in forget about God. "There is a place of quiet rest Near to the heart of God, A place where sin cannot molest Near to'the heart of God. Jesus, blest Redeener Sent from the heart of God, Hold us who wait before Thee o a hurry but don't Near to the heart of God." ( Hymn 342 in Hymns for The Living Now is Church) a good time to slow down and catch a glimpse of a brighter day ahead. I pray God will speak in the stillness "'hile we 't-Tai t for His Word. "Speak, AHEN. Lord; for thy servant heareth." ( 1st Samuel 3:9) |
