Blessed Sabbath Rest!

I love the devotional "Streams in the Desert"! The Lord never fails to speak to me thru this little book...and today, in the midst of this busy Christmas season, and a wonderful Sabbath day, that our Lord set aside for our benefit, I had to share this particular devotional and hope that it blesses you as much as it has blessed me! ~Sue~

"He went up into a mountain apart" (Matt. 14:23).

"One of the blessings of the old-time Sabbath was its calm, its restfulness, its holy peace. There is a strange strength conceived in solitude. Crows go in flocks and wolves in packs, but the lion and the eagle are solitaires.

Strength is not in bluster and noise. Strength is in quietness. The lake must be calm if the heavens are to be reflected on its surface. Our Lord loved the people, but how often we read of His going away from them for a brief season. He tried every little while to withdraw from the crowd. He was always stealing away at evening to the hills. Most of His ministry was carried on in the towns and cities by the seashore, but He loved the hills the best, and oftentimes when night fell He would plunge into their peaceful depths.

The one thing needed above all others today is that we shall go apart with our Lord, and sit at His feet in the sacred privacy of His blessed presence. Oh, for the lost art of meditation! Oh, for the culture of the secret place! Oh, for the tonic of waiting upon God! " ~May you all have a very blessed Sabbath today! ~Sue~