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Lake Geneva

Lake Geneva

July 31, 2009March 26, 2016 stefanieboyce

July 25 we spent Jayden’s 3rd birthday in Lake Geneva with Ama, Bubba, and Nana, Papa! We has a great time swimming at the cove, lunch at Houlahans, and walking around downtown. It was also Brooklyn’s first time “swimming”!

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Join us today at 9:30 for a Christ-Centered, gentle flow class this am at Home Roots 2901 N Delany in Waukegan. If you’ve never done yoga this way, it’s a really amazing embodiment of worship and praise. Can’t wait to see you! #yogafaith #gentleflow #christcenteredyoga #theinnersanctuary #embodiedworship #everyBODYmadetopraise
I wish you could have experienced it. The room running out of space, people squeezing in to find rest. My cute set up turning into a beautiful chaos of people looking for space. We were tender to ourselves. We cultivated a peaceful heart. We surrendered. Then we rolled up our mats and went about our business. Rest is a holy, sacred gift. Being intentionally still and mindful is the furthest thing from lazy. In fact, remaining still and silent is super hard for many of us. Yet it is here, we hear. It is here, we renew our strength. It is here, we make room for restoration. It is here we release, surrendering control. We let go. Let go of stress, worry, fear, the negative self talk, the endless head chatter, the feelings of not enough, the feelings of being too much. The striving, the clutter, the shame, the blame, the trauma. We let go. Not to ourselves. Not to nothing. Not to the universe. But to the Creator of everything who- in some mysterious, glorious, magnificent way- dwells both within us and among us and higher than time and space. In whatever way you rest, may you find some time and space to cultivate it and practice it often. Rest is a gift. #theinnersanctuary
It’s especially important in seasons of busyness we create and prioritize pockets of rest and restoration for our mind, body, and spirit. Would love to see you this evening for a slow and gentle restorative class. 7:30-8:30pm tonight at Home Roots CrossFit (upstairs)
I was talking to a friend a few days ago when he said, "I think I know where God is leading. I see myself there, but it seems so far off-so impossible from my vantage point now, that I don't even know the first step to get there. In fact, it seems many of my steps are backwards." Have you felt that? Me too. It reminded me of two things. Seed and Abraham. I heard a speaker once share to become a plant, a seed needs to be buried underground in the dark isolation of the soil to break open then burst forth. A great reminder that we are all given these seeds and all are in different stages of God fulfilling His promises to us and purpose in us. So don't despise the dark, yet necessary, beginning and the dark, often backwards, middle. It's the stuff that builds patience, endurance, and deep roots. And Abraham. Love that dude. Here he is, minding his own business, when God tells him he will be the father of many nations, at 75 with a wife that can't have kids. Ha! Then He tells him to go to a place He will show him later. Talk about dark! Abraham waited 25 years for God to make good on His promise. He even tried to take matters into his own hands-which didn't go so well. Then once he had a son, God told him to go kill him. He never would have been able to make that journey, confidently trusting God would keep his promise and provide a substitute to be sacrificed in his son's place. (Side note: sounds eerily like the Gospel?) You really should read it for yourself-God totally comes through on His promise to Abraham, in His timing and through His son, becomes exactly what God told him he would be back when it was just a seed. All that to say, yup. God's ways are not our ways. His timing isn't our timing. But maybe we didn't get the call wrong after all, just the timing. That's no reason to give up. All the more reason to believe God is up to something in the soil of your life. Keep watering the seed.
Just a reminder, there’s no yoga gentle flow classes tomorrow, but I’m making it up to you by offering a candlelight restorative class Wednesday night, 7:30-8:30p! Enjoy the day off and I’ll see you Wednesday. Monthly class schedule always available at TheInnerSanctuary.us
It’s been a great summer hanging out with this little one. Her heart is even bigger than her smile. She’s honestly one of my favorite people to hang with. #jbthankful
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