Rest is, yes, time spent with Jesus in prayer, but for me the location is also restful. If I get time in nature, or even uninterrupted time at my little desk in the corner at home, or in a quiet chapel, those are most restful. Quiet seems to be essential in our noisy world!!

That God’s Word never returns void… I prayed that for my dad who would read the Bible when he couldn’t sleep because it would (in his words) bore or confuse him enough he would fall asleep. His hospice chaplain told us he gave his heart to Christ at the last. He’s been gone over 20 years and the knowledge that he finally slid into Heaven at the last gives me comfort. Now I pray the same for my Jewish husband. He doesn’t even know his own scripture well, but I keep exposing him to the Word. Hopefully it won’t take his whole life like Dad, but as long as he makes it!

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@Jillian Davis Yes! I find that reading the lyrics is like praying. I have it at work, as well as the Bible he gave me. I have another old hymnal and about 5 Bibles at home.

My extended family is spread all over the place. We don’t get together much anymore. When my cousins and I were all kids and Gram was alive we had family picnics with “hamburgs” and all the fixings. Fresh corn on the cob that was grown right on the farm where most of them lived, and a dedicated stick of butter to roll your hot corn onto was also on the table. The thing us kids all loved were Gram’s squash rolls. They were a yeast bun made with some kind of hard squash, cooked and mashed as part of the ingredients. They came out orange, fluffy, and slightly sweet. Gram walked me through making them once and my bratty cousin Will said “they didn’t taste like Gram’s.” Will is now a father of two girls whom he has taught to make them, no doubt.

@Jillian Davis Not often. I don’t tend to keep yeast on hand, or use it up before it’s spent, same with flour and such. I love to bake but don’t usually take or have the time.