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“A life built upon Sabbath is contented because in rhythms of rest we discover our time is full of the holiness of God.”
― Shelly Miller, Rhythms of Rest: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy World

“Rest provides fine-tuning for hearing God's messages amidst the static of life.”
― Shelly Miller, Rhythms of Rest: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy World

“As we wait, God reveals his purpose in the preparations he is doing within us, and our hopeful outlook is the result.”
― Shelly Miller, Rhythms of Rest: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy World

“Sabbath isn't about resting perfectly; it's about resting in the One who is perfect.”
― Shelly Miller, Rhythms of Rest: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy World

“When we trust God by taking our hands off our work, what we give up through Sabbath ultimately benefits those around us.”
― Shelly Miller, Rhythms of Rest: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy World

“Pausing for prayerful listening, even for a few minutes, brings everything that is important back into focus.”
― Shelly Miller, Rhythms of Rest: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy World

“When you abide with God in Sabbath, an unshakable confidence shines from the inside out, enticing others toward the gift of rest as well.”
― Shelly Miller, Rhythms of Rest: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy World

“God's creation is a life-giving inhale for all of us, and Sabbath is the exhale.”
― Shelly Miller, Rhythms of Rest: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy World

“When we abide in Jesus, all our questions about how we Sabbath are answered in who we worship.”
― Shelly Miller, Rhythms of Rest: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy World

“Extravagant wastefulness in time might prove the most productive thing you choose for yourself.”
― Shelly Miller, Rhythms of Rest: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy World

“And in our search for greater insight and deeper meaning, the busyness of acquiring solutions keeps us from entering into the sacred space where life springs forth”
― Shelly Miller, Rhythms of Rest: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy World

“When the mind is focused entirely a problem, we lose sight of God’s place within it. We pit ourselves against all the details as if the problem is ours to conquer immediately. Anxious and tense, we can wrongly assume that unless we achieve total victory, we will lose the battle and defeat will be our legacy.”
― Shelly Miller, Rhythms of Rest: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy World

“Sabbath is a foreign language to the native tongue of a busy culture, a curious oddity in an overtired church.”
― Shelly Miller, Rhythms of Rest: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy World

“Give in to the wars waging without and miss the abundance of peace available within. Being safe and secure as defined by the world isn’t God’s highest aim. The Westminster Catechism states that man’s chief end is to glorify God and enjoy him forever.”
― Shelly Miller, Searching for Certainty: Finding God in the Disruptions of Life

“Despair means “to live apart from hope,” meaning hope is essential for life. Without hope, the soul wilts. You can conquer despair, not by making sense of uncertainty but believing that hope for your future is certain. Not trying harder but surrendering to the certainty of God’s love.”
― Shelly Miller, Searching for Certainty: Finding God in the Disruptions of Life

“Sabbath is a time with heightened awareness of God’s nearness, his presence with you. An expectancy and longing for intimacy in relationship like a couple who has been separated anticipating reunion.”
― Shelly Miller, Rhythms of Rest: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy World

“A lack of intentionality when it comes to how we rest leads to a depleted life defined by what the world dictates.”
― Shelly Miller, Rhythms of Rest: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy World

“Sabbath isn’t about resting perfectly; it’s about resting in the One who is perfect.”
― Shelly Miller, Rhythms of Rest: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy World

“I write to the Sabbath Society, If you are in a season that overwhelms, can I encourage you not to give up and allow fear to bully you under the covers? Push through resistance; admit you need help creating new rhythms. Your vulnerable admission might provide a breakthrough, a resurrection that changes your”
― Shelly Miller, Rhythms of Rest: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy World

“God’s creation is a life-giving inhale for all of us, and Sabbath is the exhale. Without the exhale our breathing becomes shallow or nonexistent.”
― Shelly Miller, Rhythms of Rest: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy World

“It takes courage and trust in the unseen to press on during a life-threatening storm.”
― Shelly Miller, Searching for Certainty: Finding God in the Disruptions of Life

“During the gestation period of a dream—waiting for the arrival of something new he is creating within us—everything becomes an altar until the actual day of fulfillment, or a frustration. It’s really a choice, isn’t it?”
― Shelly Miller, Rhythms of Rest: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy World

“The way toward arriving at a peaceful place of inner quiet isn’t by creating unrealistic standards about miles logged, pages written, and widgets produced, but by fighting for the riches of rest with unwavering determination before mind, body, and soul impose a strike without your consent.”
― Shelly Miller, Rhythms of Rest: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy World

“We are never stuck in our circumstances; we are stuck when a mindset keeps us trapped in small perspective.”
― Shelly Miller, Rhythms of Rest: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy World

“resistance is the force wielding fear in an attempt to deconstruct providence.”
― Shelly Miller, Rhythms of Rest: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy World

“progressing, getting a little more of this and then of that. But like a badly aimed arrow, the farther we go, the greater the miss. Eugene Peterson, The Jesus”
― Shelly Miller, Rhythms of Rest: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy World

“Truth is not trite; it has texture and tenacity to it. We”
― Shelly Miller, Rhythms of Rest: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy World