{"id":4077,"date":"2020-12-23T01:43:43","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T09:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/winapageant.com\/?p=4077"},"modified":"2024-04-14T13:24:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T20:24:09","slug":"172-pageant-season-a-time-to-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/winapageant.com\/172-pageant-season-a-time-to-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"172: Pageant Season &#8211; A Time to Rest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/17201435\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/efded6\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4148 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/winapageant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/172-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"242\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I want to share with you today some encouragement during the season of rest and I really hope that you are enjoying this holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>You know, for me, I enjoy the holiday season from Halloween all the way through the New Year.<\/p>\n<p>I love the holidays and I truly believe that it is because I allow myself to embrace this time as a season of rest, and I want to encourage you to do the same!<\/p>\n<p>In the Bible, Ecclesiastes 3, it talks about a time for everything under the heavens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Ecclesiastes 3:1-8<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>To everything there is a season,<br \/><\/em><em>A time for every purpose under heaven:<br \/><\/em><em>A time to be born, And a time to die;<br \/><\/em><em>A time to plant, And a time to pluck what is planted;<br \/><\/em><em>A time to kill, And a time to heal;<br \/><\/em><em>A time to break down, And a time to build up;<br \/><\/em><em>A time to weep, And a time to laugh;<br \/><\/em><em>A time to mourn, And a time to dance;<br \/><\/em><em>A time to cast away stones, And a time to gather stones;<br \/><\/em><em>A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;<br \/><\/em><em>A time to gain, And a time to lose;<br \/><\/em><em>A time to keep, And a time to throw away;<br \/><\/em><em>A time to tear, And a time to sew;<br \/><\/em><em>A time to keep silence, And a time to speak;<br \/><\/em><em>A time to love, And a time to hate;<br \/><\/em><em>A time of war, And a time of peace.<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I truly believe that the same is applied in pageantry, when you want to have the greatest success.<\/p>\n<p>I say this because I truly believe that the Bible is true, and if we believe that the Bible is true, then we can apply those principles to everything in our life. Right? So I often do that in pageantry because I think it&#8217;s important to say, \u201cif we use this biblical lens and apply it to pageantry, how might we see things differently?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You know, I&#8217;ve coached a lot of women who feel pressure that they need to be on all the time. That they constantly have to be striving for the next achievement, or moving toward a new goal, or just constantly working and the truth is, that actually we are designed for rest. We are designed to take a break. That&#8217;s why on the seventh day, God rested.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re intended to have a sabbath. That&#8217;s kind of the formal word for regular rest time. Whenever you need to take it. It doesn&#8217;t have to be every Sunday or whatever. For you, it could be any time, but I do believe the importance of taking that rest.<\/p>\n<p>So I would encourage you this holiday season to find a time to dance, a time to laugh, and a time to sing! Find time to just rest and soak up all of the things that you&#8217;ve worked so hard for over the last year, because pretty soon it will be time to start all over again.<\/p>\n<p>As you know, the energy in January is electric and everyone&#8217;s going to be starting their new thing and achieving their goals and going after it. But right now, relish this time to rest and I promise you, just trust that your same self, your same high achiever, high performer self, is going to be there on the other side. But use this time as a time for rest. I know I will be with my family and I hope you will be too!<\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas!<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watch the Video Here:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Pageant Season - A Time to Rest (172)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RGq5CqJ2JvQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/winapageant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/172.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3037\" \/>I want to share with you today some encouragement during the season of rest and I really hope that you are enjoying this holiday season. You know, for me, I enjoy the holiday season from Halloween all the way through the New Year. 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