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We sometimes need rest, even from the work of spiritual disciplines. \u00a0Athletes know that to get stronger and faster we have to have a balance of effort and rest, but does not the same happen for the spiritual life? \u00a0Today, don\u2019t try to do anything to achieve Christlikeness. \u00a0Don\u2019t read your bible, spend special time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1112,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[192,58],"class_list":["post-805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-simplicity","tag-rest-day","tag-spiritual-disciplines"],"yoast_head":"\nRest Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We sometimes need rest, even from the work of spiritual disciplines. \u00a0Athletes know that to get stronger and faster we have to have a balance of effort\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soulwod\/2012\/09\/rest-day-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rest Day\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We sometimes need rest, even from the work of spiritual disciplines. \u00a0Athletes know that to get stronger and faster we have to have a balance of effort\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soulwod\/2012\/09\/rest-day-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Word + Flesh\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-09-08T11:00:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-09-07T14:59:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ragan Sutterfield\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ragan Sutterfield\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soulwod\/2012\/09\/rest-day-3\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soulwod\/2012\/09\/rest-day-3\/\",\"name\":\"Rest Day\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soulwod\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-09-08T11:00:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-09-07T14:59:52+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soulwod\/#\/schema\/person\/9af0d931558adda7ab23572587c98aa3\"},\"description\":\"We sometimes need rest, even from the work of spiritual disciplines. \u00a0Athletes know that to get stronger and faster we have to have a balance of effort\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soulwod\/2012\/09\/rest-day-3\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soulwod\/2012\/09\/rest-day-3\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soulwod\/2012\/09\/rest-day-3\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soulwod\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rest Day\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soulwod\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soulwod\/\",\"name\":\"Word + Flesh\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soulwod\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soulwod\/#\/schema\/person\/9af0d931558adda7ab23572587c98aa3\",\"name\":\"Ragan Sutterfield\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soulwod\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e7fea9423b5f5eea57387f8dffb7f4ff?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e7fea9423b5f5eea57387f8dffb7f4ff?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ragan Sutterfield\"},\"description\":\"Ragan Sutterfield is a writer and Episcopal seminarian sojourning from his native Arkansas in Alexandria, Virginia. 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