144 pages
Publisher: IVP Books
Author: Ruth Haley Barton
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0830846468
ISBN-13: 978-0830846467
Currently no one is thinking about taking a break, everyone wants to be on the train of desire, of likes, of the latest trends. We are a very hectic society. Even Christians, we have fallen into this eagerness and we have forgotten the importance of resting, of retiring alone with the Lord. With good reason, Ruth reminds us that for many taking a retreat is an idea with which they have to deal for a long time.
But what is to retreat? Barton says: "Retreat is a time when we are strengthened for battle, putting on the whole armor of God that Paul describes so specifically (Ephesians 6:10-17)"
Written in a simple but at the same time profound way. We are challenged to retreat, to deal with the sources of our exhaustion. Many of us are overloaded with so many things and we are having a hard time because we have not discovered this great discipline.
This is an invitation to retreat, to rest in the Lord.
At the end of each chapter, the author gives us some ideas to take this invitation to practice. I hope to do a retreat soon and you?
Thanks to Intervarsity Press for the electronic copy of this book to review.
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