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From the Minister's Study
Listen and the Lord will renew your strength
BY MARK ROYALL
HURON CHAPEL
"But those who wait on the Lord
shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings
like eagles, they shall run and not be
weary,
They shall walk and not faint"
(Isaiah 48:31).
"Be still, and know that I am
God!" (Psalm 46:10)
Hear my confession, I used to like
being busy because I thought it
meant I was being productive. Now I
know that busyness and being
productive are not always the same
thing.
I use to think being busy meant I
was important because I was needed
for so many things. Now I know
being busy is not about me being
important but rather, it has more to
do with my inability to say, "No" to
the many things so I could focus on
the few important things.
When I pastored out in British
Columbia, I would often go out into
the countryside and watch bald
eagles fly. Unlike most birds, eagles
don't frantically flap their wings
trying to get from one place to
another. Eagles don't flap...they
soar. They find and catch a warm
thermal rising up from the earth and
then they ride it with their wings
fully spread out in majestic fashion.
They rest on that thermal. That
thermal carries them and sustains
them in their flight.
The Bible says when we wait on
the Lord, when we seek Him and
trust Him and be still before Him so
that we may know Him and hear
from Him, we will soar on wings
like eagles and we will renew our
strength. Lately, I haven't been
soaring enough. What I have been
doing a lot of late is flapping my
wings like a bird trying to get things
done on my own strength. I was
going to give you a list of the things
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that have caused my `busyness' of
late but no one ever likes to hear
others tell them about how busy they
are.
We may feign interest as people
tell us of their busyness in the same
way we seem interested listening to
the surgical procedure they
underwent in hospital. I will tell you
this, that in the busyness, my father-
in-law died just a little over a week
ago. I have known him much longer
than the 32 years I have been
married to his wonderful daughter.
My father and my father-in-law grew
up on the same street, going to the
same church. I admired him very
much and I was so very honoured to
preside over his funeral past
week.
However, the day after his funeral
my body said enough flapping, and I
got sick with a cold or flu or
something. All I know was it was
miserable...and I think, it was
needed. It wasn't one of those
illnesses that inconvenienced you,
this one plopped me on the couch at
home alone, in misery, while my
wife stayed with her family in the
city. It was like God clipped my
wings and said to me, "Okay, you
are going to be still now."
We are in the season of Advent.
Advent is all about waiting
expectantly and preparing
enthusiastically for the Lord.
Advent is more about us choosing to
soar on the wings of eagles and less
about us frantically flapping our
wings like birds. It has to be more
about being still before God and less
about being overwhelmed with
busyness of the tasks that come with
the Christmas season.
To my believing friends, I want to
remind you during this time of year,
where your help and strength comes
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Morning Service 10:00 am
Evening Service 7:30 pm
BLYTH CHRISTIAN
REFORMED CHURCH
Minister: Pastor Gary van Leeuwen
Hwy. 4, Blyth www.blythcrc.ca 519-523-4743
BRUSSELS
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Sunday, December 11 - Advent 111
Worship Service & Sunday School
at 10:00 a.m.
Mary Ross returns for a Christmas -themed time
with the Sunday School kids
Everyone welcome
Minister: Rev. Gary Clark, BA, M.Div. - 226-963-1175
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You're Invited
to come worship
with us
Sunday, December 11
Brussels Business & Cultural Centre
at 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Sunday School for children
4 to 12 years of age at 9:30 a.m.
Childcare provided for infants and preschoolers
during the sermon.
Coffee & cookies after the morning service.
For additional details please contact Pastor Andrew Versteeg 519.887.8621
Steve Klumpenhower 519.292.0965 Rick Packer 519.527.0173
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Est. 1875
Worship Service & Sunday School at 1 1:00 a.m.
Sunday, December 11th - ADVENT 3
" The Gift of
Presence"
Communion
Blue Christmas Service at 2 p.m.
A quiet service of comfort. Finding comfort among the chaos
and grief at this time of year.
MINISTER: Rev. Gary Clark, BA, M. Div. OFFICE: 519-523-4224
from. Spend time being still before
God. Read His Word. Speak and
listen to Him in quiet prayer. Seek
and rest in Him like an eagle seeks
and rests on the warm thermal rising
up from the earth. When you do, the
Lord shall renew your strength.
Merry Christmas.
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