Devotions for a vacation that’s refreshing in every way.
Vacations often give us an opportunity to rest and reflect. However, when our normal routines and habits are suspended, it can be hard to spend time with God.
These 30 devotions have been specifically designed to help you to rest in the Lord’s goodness and glory during your time away so that you can return home feeling refreshed spiritually as well as physically.
Author John Hindley, who also wrote Serving without Sinking, says this:
“I want to help you find rest, peace, joy, hope, and renewed zeal. We go away to be refreshed. Christ is the one who sets his Spirit in our hearts to cause streams of living water to well up within us and flow from us. Sometimes we rest away from Jesus, but how much better to rest with and in him? He is where our true refreshment is found.”
You can pick and choose which devotions to read depending on the type of vacation you are on (for example, city break or beach) and there are optional family activities and questions linked to each devotion giving other family members an opportunity to reflect alongside you.
Introduction
ARRIVING
1. Hopes and Fears
2. A Bright Shadow
REST
3. Weary and Heavy Laden
4. Stopping
FRIENDS AND FAMILY
5. Visiting
6. Tensions
SKIES
7. Stars
8. Sun
9. Rain
BEACH
10. The Calm Sea
11. The Wild Sea
12. Sand
13. Sandcastles
POOL
14. Cool Waters
HILLS AND MOUNTAINS
15. Heaven Meets Earth
16. False Worship
17. Snowy Peaks
FORESTS
18. Trees of Life
19. Consider the Birds
FARMLAND
20. Farmers and Farmhands
21. Sowing and Reaping
22. Shepherding
CITIES
23. Great Babylon
24. Temples
25. Statues and Monuments
WILD COUNTRY
26. God Sees
27. God Provides
28. God Brings Us Home
LEAVING
29. Ending with Praise
30. Another Bright Shadow
| Contributors | John Hindley, Jonathan St John |
|---|---|
| Format | Audiobook |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | The Good Book Company |
A brilliant book. The past two years have been exhausting for me personally, and I know I’m not alone. So I love the idea of a book helping others find refreshment and renewal in the midst of this weary world. Pastor John points us to the rest beneath all other forms of rest: the spiritual refreshment we find in the grace of Jesus. I highly recommend it for everyone, especially for the weary—and double-especially for the weary who are about to go on vacation!
In these short devotions, John Hindley reminds us that rest and vacations are good, that God gave us this world to enjoy, and that there is value in thinking deeply about the world that God has made. It doesn’t matter whether you find rest in exploring the city or relaxing on the beach—there is something for everyone in this book.
Too often our holidays are times of spiritual atrophy. We rest our bodies but not our souls. In these little devotionals, John Hindley points us to the glory of God in the creation around us to lift our gaze to Jesus, who gives the deepest and sweetest rest. Read and be properly refreshed!
