Our body is to be regarded as holy because it is owned and inhabited by God. So we give it proper nourishment, exercise and rest.DW pp.120-121
Sleep is a good first use of solitude and silence. It is also a good indicator of how thoroughly we trust in God.
posted by TK at 5:14 AM
Welcome to our online discussion of Dallas Willard and Jan Johnson's Renovation of the Heart in Daily Practice: Experiments in Spiritual Transformation. Each day, Monday-Friday, I will post the title of that day's chapter and maybe an excerpt from the chapter. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, will be to read that day's selection from the book then click on the comment link and add your $.02 to the conversation. If you are a highlighter maybe just share what you highlighted and why you highlighted it. Maybe something really resonated with you as you tackled that day's experiment, share that with us. Maybe, as happened with me, the first time I read the book, God will reveal something to you. Read the comments that others leave, respond to each other, ask for clarification, let someone know you connected with a comment they left. My hope is that working through this book together we will get much more out of it, we might not only grow in Christlikeness but grow closer to each other. If you have any technical difficulties please email me at tkay3atcharterdotnet.
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I also heard someone say that by not taking sabbaths we destroy the image of God in us. This has become a theological issue for me. Do I trust God enough to stop, rest and enjoy God's presence?
Father forgive me for the damage I have already done to your image in me. Increase my faith so that I might stop and rest
I fail at this completely I dont know how to relax like that my body and mind race a mile a minute and goes nowhere I need to learn how to control my body to do so because its not what I know to do.
God give me the strength and the willingness to make my body rest the way you want me too.
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