Tag Archives: rest

A Whisper of Faith

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Doc Arnett

ool air eases in through the window,
something less than a breeze,
just a soft flowing of the night. Continue reading →

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The distractions of our busy-ness may be keeping us from alerting to the signals of more important issues: a child needing something more than fifteen minutes help with homework, a neighbor on the brink of despair, Continue reading →

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Rest That Works

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Doc Arnett

Even while we may continue in the midst of work, God often brings some sort of change that eases our burden. Continue reading →

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Setting the Braces

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Doc Arnett

The edges blur
in this tired light
and I am ready for rest. Continue reading →

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Rest from the Storm

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes the Lord brings us refreshing in the midst of our labors and sometimes we have to work on in the drenching sweat and sapping heat. Continue reading →

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Long Day

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Doc Arnett

By the time we’d worked fifteen minutes, I was drenched with sweat. Even with the sun down, the heat index was in the mid-nineties. Continue reading →

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One out of Three

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Doc Arnett

I like my sleep slow and deep,
drifting through the night
like white clouds in a high sky, Continue reading →

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Resolution

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Doc Arnett

In this changing of seasons,
this new crispness of morning air,
there is an invitation of lingering longer
in the warmth of my wife and bed. Continue reading →

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The Noise of Wings

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Doc Arnett

Fervent in preaching, devout in belief and constant in showing care to neighbors and church members, Dad has walked all but his last few steps upon this earth. He will leave the legacy of many good men: his virtues well known and his faults mostly private. Continue reading →

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