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𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔬𝔣𝔱 𝔤𝔩𝔬𝔴 𝔬𝔣 𝔦𝔫𝔫𝔬𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔠𝔢. 𝔄 𝔱𝔢𝔞𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔯𝔲𝔫𝔰 𝔡𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔥’𝔰 𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔢𝔨, 𝔴𝔥𝔦𝔠𝔥 𝔣𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔰 𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔬 𝔞 𝔭𝔲𝔡𝔡𝔩𝔢 𝔬𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔯. 𝔄 𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔩𝔢 𝔱𝔢𝔞𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔠𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔯𝔦𝔭𝔭𝔩𝔢𝔰 𝔱𝔬 𝔯𝔬𝔩𝔩 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔢𝔯𝔨𝔶 𝔴𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔰. 𝔚𝔢 𝔰𝔢𝔢 𝔯𝔢𝔣𝔩𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰, 𝔬𝔣𝔱𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔯𝔢𝔣𝔩𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔰𝔠𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔡. 𝔚𝔢 𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔨 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔩𝔬𝔳𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔫𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔰, 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔫𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔯𝔲𝔫𝔰 𝔬𝔲𝔱. 𝔉𝔬𝔯 𝔟𝔢𝔞𝔲𝔱𝔶 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔱𝔥. 𝔚𝔢 𝔬𝔣𝔱𝔢𝔫 𝔴𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥 𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔶 𝔳𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔶𝔰 𝔥𝔦𝔤𝔥 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔩𝔬𝔴 𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔡 𝔞 𝔰𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔠𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔴𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔯𝔲𝔫𝔰 𝔠𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔯. 𝔜𝔢𝔱 𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔡 𝔫𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔡𝔯𝔶. 𝔄 𝔰𝔬𝔲𝔩 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔞 𝔰𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔦𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔤𝔦𝔳𝔢𝔰 𝔩𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔦𝔫 𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔡𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔢𝔰𝔱 𝔡𝔞𝔶𝔰. 𝔚𝔢 𝔱𝔞𝔨𝔢 𝔞 𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔨 𝔴𝔦𝔡𝔢-𝔢𝔶𝔢𝔡 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔩𝔡 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔞 𝔭𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔬𝔫 𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔢𝔰 𝔬𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔴𝔥𝔬 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔪𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔡𝔯𝔶 𝔞 𝔱𝔢𝔞𝔯. 𝔔𝔲𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔟𝔢 𝔥𝔞𝔯𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔡 𝔦𝔫 𝔞 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔩𝔡 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔰𝔦𝔪𝔭𝔩𝔶 𝔡𝔬 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔢𝔵𝔦𝔰𝔱. 𝔐𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔴𝔢 𝔬𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔟𝔢 𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔠𝔥 𝔦𝔫 𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔢𝔰 𝔴𝔢 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔞𝔩𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔡𝔶 𝔟𝔢𝔢𝔫? 𝔑𝔬, 𝔪𝔶 𝔡𝔞𝔯𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔴𝔢 𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔠𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔠𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔢𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔶𝔢𝔱 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔢 𝔰𝔢𝔢𝔫! 𝔏𝔢𝔱 𝔲𝔰 𝔰𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔠𝔥 𝔥𝔦𝔤𝔥 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔩𝔬𝔴 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔢𝔰 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔴𝔢 𝔡𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔴𝔢 𝔪𝔞𝔶 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔲𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔫 𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶 𝔬𝔴𝔫. 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔠𝔥 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔲𝔢𝔰, 𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔶 𝔶𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔰 𝔤𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔟𝔶. 𝔖𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔞 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔪𝔞𝔰𝔨 𝔬𝔫 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔢𝔞𝔠𝔥 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔡𝔞𝔶, 𝔥𝔬𝔭𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔴𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔣𝔦𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔴𝔞𝔶. 𝔈𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔥 𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔠𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔞𝔰 𝔰𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔱𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔰 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔦𝔡. 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔠𝔥 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔲𝔢𝔰. 𝔄𝔩𝔩 𝔬𝔣 𝔞 𝔰𝔲𝔡𝔡𝔢𝔫 𝔰𝔥𝔢 𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔰 𝔦𝔫 𝔞 𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔢 𝔰𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔢𝔢𝔨𝔰. 𝔖𝔱𝔦𝔩𝔩𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰. 𝔄 𝔣𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔣𝔢𝔩𝔱 𝔟𝔢𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔢. 𝔗𝔥𝔢𝔰𝔢 𝔮𝔲𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔰𝔥𝔢 𝔥𝔞𝔡 𝔟𝔢𝔢𝔫 𝔰𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔫𝔬𝔫 𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔞𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔱𝔶𝔭𝔞𝔩 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔎𝔦𝔫𝔤. 𝔄 𝔱𝔢𝔞𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔯𝔲𝔫𝔰 𝔡𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔥’𝔰 𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔢𝔨, 𝔴𝔦𝔭𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔴𝔞𝔶 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 ℌ𝔦𝔰 ℌ𝔬𝔩𝔶 𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰. 𝔗𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔠𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔞 𝔯𝔦𝔭𝔭𝔩𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔤𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔫 𝔦𝔫 𝔪𝔢𝔯𝔨𝔶 𝔴𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔰. ℜ𝔢𝔣𝔩𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔬𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔰𝔠𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔡, 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔟𝔢𝔢𝔫 𝔪𝔞𝔡𝔢 𝔠𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔯. 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔮𝔲𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔰𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔡 𝔥𝔦𝔤𝔥 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔩𝔬𝔴 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔣𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔰𝔬𝔲𝔩. 𝔉𝔬𝔯 𝔰𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔩𝔡. ℌ𝔢𝔯 𝔢𝔶𝔢𝔰 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔰𝔢𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔰𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔦𝔱 𝔡𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔡 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔧𝔬𝔶. 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔠𝔥 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯. 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔱 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔲𝔢𝔡 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔰𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔠𝔥 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔪𝔞𝔰𝔮𝔲𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔡𝔢, 𝔞 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔪𝔞𝔰𝔨 𝔢𝔞𝔠𝔥 𝔡𝔞𝔶. 𝔖𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔥𝔦𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔡 𝔴𝔢 𝔭𝔯𝔞𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔴𝔞𝔶. ℑ𝔱 𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔣𝔞𝔲𝔩𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔰𝔢𝔢 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔪𝔞𝔶 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔟𝔢 𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔤 𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔢𝔰. 𝔈𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔥 𝔠𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔡 𝔫𝔬 𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔢. 𝔖𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔪𝔦𝔩𝔢𝔡. 𝔍𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔞𝔰 𝔞 𝔟𝔲𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔣𝔩𝔶 𝔟𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔪𝔰 𝔟𝔢𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔰𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔩𝔲𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔰, 𝔰𝔬 𝔱𝔬𝔬 𝔴𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔶𝔬𝔲.

Selah

The Hebrew word, selah is a special word.

It has many translations but it is often used in scripture and translated to pause and to ponder. In this age we have a choice to isolate or to have solitude.

Let me tell you solitude is far different from isolation. Isolation is running away from something to isolate and be alone. Solitude is to rest in the arms of those who care for you so that you are ready for the fight! Let us rest in the Father’s arms so we may be bright eyed to fight again! Whether you choose to pause and ponder for 5 minutes or for 5 days, the Holy Spirit will meet you with what you give to Him!

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