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Well, it's summer.

Praise God.

And we thought that today we just kind of dive into what's the place of rest, pleasure, vacation in our lives?

Why does God give us summer for and just the whole idea of a Sabbath

rest and I for one am utterly relieved that summer is here. I think that people that

live in kind of more temperate climates don't appreciate the arrival of summer.

If you have kids in school, that'll at least do it.

You know, summer vacation, there's a different rhythm to life, things seem to kind of down shift but man for those of us who live at 7,000 feet here

It was a long winter and winter in Colorado goes till like May, you know, it's still

snowing in May and so the arrival of summer just brings up so much joy. It feels like a different rhythm to life, a different pace and something that feels very built into the earth, into human beings

and into the structure of our existence and into the rhythms that God wants us to live by.

John, you know, just as you're talking, just the thought comes to my mind that distinction

you've made before between is it restoration and renewal and just that difference what

we need?

The difference between relief, relief, and restoration.

Yeah.

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