rest — a gift from God

WARMTH IN WINTER

(February 02, 2024) Norman and Margaret Moss reflect…

At our ‘advanced age’ we have just discovered a new word! It is ‘apricity.’

Apricity comes from the Latin apricitas, and it’s a good word to employ in January and February because it means the warmth of the sunshine in winter.

So we hope you will enjoy some acpricity if you’re in winter now… or when your winter comes round!

This month we want to share two scriptures that we were meditating on. One is Exodus 6:7 and the other is Matthew 11:2.

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WHEN YOU NEED REST, SEEK JESUS

(July 23, 2023) Carol Round shares great advice.

Badly needing rest
Although fireworks ended around July 6 where I live, thunderstorms have intensified in our area, leaving me tired because they’ve been striking at night while I’m trying to sleep.

My eight-year-old Chiweenie, Harley, has suffered, too. His restless nights, due to the loud cacophony of both noisemakers, have interrupted my sleep as well. Swaddling him in a vet-recommended anxiety jacket and dosing him with prescription medication hasn’t helped. After research, I recently began playing classical music, hoping it would help. It hasn’t.

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