How do you renew your spirit? What do you do that allows the Spirit to move through you and renew you? Where are those times in which you are surprised by this renewal?
This had been an emotionally intense summer: one that has been full of great joys and sadness. When the people of one's ministry also become one's friends, the joy is greater and the sadness deeper.
The above questions are ones I've been asking those who find themselves moving into the roles of caretakers. They are questions I've been asking myself, too.
My suspicion is that for many of us, being on the water renews us. Watery activities are the places we are reminded of our baptism, as it were.
And it was upon the water yesterday afternoon, in a small boat, with the challenges of sailing in almost no wind, and hearing the bow "chuckle" as we moved through the water, that I found myself unexpectedly, gracefully renewed.
May you, too, find these moments of renewal and grace.
Blessed be.
Joel
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