Come, Sit, Stay: Finding Rest for Your Soul, An Invitation to Deeper Life in Christ - Hardcover

Ellen Vaughn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1936034646 ISBN 13: 9781936034642

Publisher: Worthy Books, 2012

Synopsis

In Come, Sit, Stay, best-selling author Ellen Vaughn encourages those who are emotionally drained, burdened, or spiritually hungry to come and rediscover authentic rest in Christ's presence. Embedded within Jesus' call to "Come to Me" is a progression of verbs that actually lead to the result of rest: wonderful, real rest for your soul.

• Come and experience the peace of a secure relationship with Him, right in the midst of chaos or crisis.
• Sit with Christ and know Him in ever deeper dimensions of your soul.
• Stay and delight in a relationship that is always faithful, always present.  

Inspiring stories, scriptures, and anecdotes, woven with a light touch, offer penetrating insight and thoughtful consideration of life's big questions. Vaughn's devotional wisdom speaks directly to the heart and nourishes the soul. Come, Sit, Stay draws you into a deeper conversation with God, with a heartfelt and compelling invitation to come and rest in a richer, simpler spiritual life in Christ.

About this title

From the Author

Hello, Amazon friends!  Just a quick word here about Come, Sit, Stay.  I think I've written about 18 or 20 books over the years, a number of them in collaboration with my great friend and mentor, the late Chuck Colson, as well as hilarious and courageous characters like Mary Beth Chapman, Greg Laurie, Denise Jackson, Frank Pastore, and others.   I love collaborative writing and getting inside other people's stories . . . but I try to vary my writing diet with books of my own, because though I don't have a large platform like some of the friends I've just mentioned, I do have stories to tell.  Just like you.   Come, Sit, Stay started on a sunny day when I was walking the beach, consumed by a besetting problem.  It was a burden I had carried for some time, and as I walked the gorgeous beach, suffice it to say I did not feel gorgeous inside.  I felt like a dog worrying a long-gnawed bone. Jesus' words from Matthew 11:28 came to mind:  "Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."   Yes, yes, I've heard that a million times.  Right. But as I actually chewed on the Word--instead of my worry--I began to discover a whole new dimension of rest that I had not known before. That epiphany--which, by the way, continued even after I returned from the beach to the chaos of my teenager-filled domestic life back at home--led to fresh studies of Jesus' words and the construction of this new book.  That's the great thing about being a writer, you get to explore the things you are most curious about.  What the heck does it really mean to come to Jesus . . . to sit with Him . . . to stay with Him?   These are actually radical, countercultural concepts, as we live in a world that spins on hurry, constant movement, multitasking, competing technologies that often mitigate against real relationships, and the occasional assumption that even our relationship with God Himself can be downloaded in some instant way as we drive, sip a latte, and surf the Internet.  Many of us have developed Spiritual Attention Deficit Disorder.  We know little of the stillness of sitting with God.  It terrifies us . . . if I sit, I won't get anything DONE!!!!   But there is radical treasure to be discovered here, and I believe the simple concepts of coming, sitting, and staying are the keys to finding a rich, new way of living and loving God.  And please don't worry that this book tortuously strains the dog metaphors to make spiritual points.  It doesn't. I really didn't want it to get cheesy.  So, blessings to all, feel free to order hundreds of copies of the book for all your friends--just kidding--and thanks for taking the time to read this!  --Ellen Vaughn.  

From the Inside Flap

"Come to me, all you who are weary andburdened, and I will give you rest."--Matthew 11:28 Perhaps you're like me. Perhaps you originallycame to Jesus and felt great freedom as Heeased your load. But maybe, over the course ofthe journey with Him, your burdens piled upand you lost your joy. It happens so easily: weunconsciously lose our focus on Christ and beginto look to ourselves. We distractedly go throughthe routines of the "Christian life," whatever thatis, depending on our own strength, discipline,and works. When that happens, the world goes gray.The bright colors and fun vitality of an intimaterelationship with Jesus fade to an anxious,resentful, weary, and burdened religious life: thevery thing Jesus came to free people from. Yet, embedded within Jesus' call to "Cometo Me" is a progression of verbs that actuallylead to the result of rest. Wonderful, real restfor our souls. And if you have a strange brainlike me, these verbs happen to sound a lot likedog commands. I'm not suggesting that we'reall retrievers or poodles or border collies . . .but I am saying that there is a certain friskylove, power, and freedom in obedience that isunleashed when we respond to Jesus' invitationand learn to obey the commands of the Master. Come. Sit. Stay. When we obey these commands, the richresult is rest. This rest can change our lives. Author Ellen Vaughn

Edition details

• Publisher: Worthy Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1936034646
• ISBN 13: 9781936034642
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 288