Episode 101: Making Space for Margin and Rest

Heaven In Your Home

Francie Winslow

God, Monogamy, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Christian, Marriage, Love, Sexuality, Health & Fitness, Sex, Fidelity

4.9 • 660 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

You were made for closeness and connection. Connection with God, with people and in your marriage. Yet, exhaustion, striving, noise and distractions are real life hurdles to closeness and intimacy. What would it look like to have invitational rest in your life?

In this episode, Francie shares from her own journey and experience with the weariness of exhaustion and gently encourages you to lay down the hurdles of rest and simply “come to Him.” Let’s set aside the barrier of exhaustion and make room for quietness and margin (even if it’s a little uncomfortable).

You’ll hear practical help and ideas, as well as a deeper understanding of the fruitfulness of a life with space and margin. Real authentic connection and intimacy comes from a place of rest.

Related Episodes:

Episode 72, How and Why I Practice Silent Prayer

Growing Desire Series (Episodes 73, 74, 75 and 76)

Pursuing Pleasure Series (Episode 92, 93, 94 and 95

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0:00.0	Hi friends, welcome back. If you've been listening in to the podcast for a bit or you're
0:07.8	brand new here to the Heaven in Your Home podcast, I'd like to invite you to check out the study
0:12.7	resources on my website. At Francie Winslow.com, you'll find curated study guides based on my podcast
0:20.2	episodes.
0:26.1	These were designed for you to do in your own quiet time or in a small group.
0:33.4	Check out my latest study guide on pursuing pleasure and others at francy Winslow.com.
0:38.2	Okay, I hope you are blessed by today's episode and I look forward to staying in touch.
0:38.8	Enjoy.
0:40.8	Hello, friends.
0:42.7	Welcome back to the Heaven in Your Home podcast.
0:43.7	This is Francie.
0:48.7	And today we're going to dive into a topic that is dear to my heart.
0:56.5	It's about margin and rest because that is one of the huge keys to connection. everything we talk about on the Heaven and Your Home podcast points to a greater connection, a greater connection with God
1:01.8	and intimate relationship with him, a greater connection with your spouse and with your family
1:07.8	and with your community and your church and because intimacy and connection
1:12.5	is where fruitfulness happens and even a greater connection with your own heart knowing where am I and
1:18.2	how am I and how is God moving in the deep places of my soul and so we're going to talk about
1:25.0	the key to that connection the key to intimacy and even extending it further and more specifically, the key to sexual desire.
1:33.3	Because the key, I think, to spiritual desire, sexual desire, a relational openness to God and to our spouse is margin.
1:41.5	It's rest.
1:43.4	And we're going to unpack that a little bit. I'm going to tell you a pretty
1:45.5	vulnerable story from my year of where I've been on this journey of striving to prioritize rest. It's
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