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<\/p>\nOur church’s new pastor likes dead space. He\u2019s comfortable with the silence.<\/p>\n
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Much more comfortable than I am. Like many people – I assume – I don\u2019t much like dead space or silence or quiet.<\/p>\n
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I like activity. I like doing. I like accomplishing. I like experience. I like, sometimes even, noise.<\/p>\n
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But why did God create dead space? It was His final act of creation. Not doing anything.<\/p>\n
Resting.<\/p>\n
Waiting.<\/p>\n
Silencing.<\/p>\n
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He did it to show us how life MUST work.<\/p>\n
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You and I can\u2019t survive, let alone thrive, in this life if we\u2019re not ever taking time to rest.<\/p>\n
Science proves we need sleep.<\/p>\n
Psychologists prove we need \u201ca mental break.\u201d<\/p>\n
Therapists say we need \u201ca time away.\u201d<\/p>\n
God says we need rest.<\/p>\n
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So maybe not doing is the best thing we could do sometimes.<\/p>\n
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Maybe silence is necessary to hear the subtle heartbeat of God in our lives.<\/p>\n
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Maybe solitude reconnects us with ourselves and with our Creator so we\u2019re better for the people we come back to.<\/p>\n
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Maybe a little dead space in your day isn\u2019t unproductive. Maybe it\u2019s producing some of the greatest fruit in you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"