This week, we explored what genuine rest actually means—and how easily we mistake busyness for God for intimacy with God. Our Sunday Study examined rest for the weary soul, distinguishing between physical exhaustion and spiritual weariness. The devotional cut to the core issue: intimacy with God is the one thing necessary, yet it's the first thing we abandon when life gets demanding. Through a new song setting Psalm 42 to music, we moved from desperation—'Why are you cast down, O my soul?'—to finding our anchor of hope in God. Friday's seminar explored how we process pain and find transformation through God's presence. One truth unified it all: authentic rest doesn't come from doing less. It flows from God's presence and His Word sustaining us moment by moment—meeting us in our deepest questions and pain with His strength.

You can be so busy doing things FOR God that you forget to be WITH God. Life is full of necessary things—legitimate responsibilities, family obligations, ministry tasks. But somewhere in managing it all, we stop making space to simply be with Him. You can read Scripture, check boxes on prayer lists, maintain a "quiet time"—and still feel distant. Because busyness becomes the excuse, and intimacy gets postponed until things calm down. Except things never calm down. Like a tree with deep roots that survives drought by going deep to find water that doesn't dry up, intimacy with God requires going deeper than the surface of our busy lives. It means cutting away even good things to make space for the one thing necessary: treasuring God Himself, not just His blessings or His work through us. When you're serving God without treasuring God, you end up exhausted and resentful. But in His presence, everything finds its proper place. You serve from fullness instead of emptiness, and you have something to give because you've been with the Source.

Psalm 42 set to music—a journey through the cry of a weary soul. From the opening plea, "As the deer pants after the channels of water, so my soul pants after You," we move through deep sorrow and questioning: tears as daily bread, the taunting question "Where is your God?" Yet the psalm doesn't stay in despair. It returns, again and again, to hope: "I shall yet thank Him." This is a psalm for those who have wept, who have doubted, who have felt God's distance—and who have discovered that He meets us even there. Every word set to music for the spiritually thirsty.

Last week we found peace in the storm—God's presence as our anchor even when circumstances don't change. This week is different. This week is about rest—receiving God's strength when we are completely depleted. The apostles returned from ministry exhausted, not from sin, but from obedience. Jesus' response? "Come apart and rest." Most people feel guilty for being weary when serving God. But you're human. God designed each of us with limitations. Even Jesus got tired. The key distinction: physical exhaustion can be fixed by sleep and rest, but spiritual weariness—when your soul is depleted—can only be fixed by God's presence and His Word.

Patterns of coping, avoiding, or transforming difficult emotions. In this session, we explore how different people process pain—through faith, spiritual transformation, body-based practices, and community support. From childhood losses to recent traumas, participants share their journeys of finding healing and purpose through their pain.

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