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"When I was a kid, I loved nothing more than choosing one of the colored patterns from the oval, braided rug that sat under our dining room table and walking as fast as I could around it. I did all this while trying to stay on one pattern. It was my personal racetrack. I especially enjoyed doing this while my father sat at the table. Middle-aged with two grown sons of my own, I now know that I must have been driving him crazy. Often my father would say, ""Can you just sit still and go light somewhere!"" The expression light comes from an Irish blessing, ""May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun. And find your shoulder to light on."" This book is for my dad. Keeping a fast pace didn't stop when I grew up. I used it as a defense mechanism repeatedly as an adult. When the tough times came, I got busy. Busyness kept me from thinking, feeling painful emotions, and the loneliness I associated with my childhood. If anyone asked about a situation, I could say, ""Oh that, I've hardly given it a second thought."" And it was a true statement. Sit Still is a 52-week devotional, along with other encouraging stories, about what I discovered when I finally learned to ""sit still"" before the Lord. I invite you to pull up a chair and sit alongside me each week to begin a personal relationship with the Lord or deepen the one you already have. Let your faith be deepened, your burdens lifted, your heart made joyful, and your hope made new as you quiet yourself before the Lord, cease doing, and listen."

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Leslie has a gift of storytelling, taking daily occurrences and turning them into thoughtful spiritual lessons. Each devotion put a smile on my face, warmed my heart, and turned my eyes on Jesus. I heartily recommend Sit Still to all women. Karin Kyle, Women's Ministry Leader, Calvary Chapel Modesto As Leslie led me through truths of her childhood into adulthood, many stories pulled at my heart due to the similarities of my own childhood. Leslie's way of drawing you into the story and giving you spiritual teaching at the same time, speaks to the mentor I have always known her to be. Walking through these weekly devotions has been thought-provoking as well as encouraging. I completely recommend Sit Still to women of all ages and backgrounds as you will find guidance and encouragement in each page you turn. I thank Leslie for her openness and love of all the people she encounters. Janice Bradshaw, Director of Special Needs, New Life Christian Center

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"Today I live with my husband John and two Shih Tzus, Aslan and Koda. I am cancer-free, and I am going on the Footsteps of Paul trip originally scheduled for March 2020 in May 2022. The woman I gave my trip to did go to Israel after all.In March of 2020, I walked into the high school room at church to pick up my information packet for the Footsteps of Paul trip, knowing I wasn't going. No one else knew I had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer and I needed to start treatment immediately. I felt the excitement in the room as everyone's name was called to go up to the front of the room and collect their packets. I was embraced by people, ""Oh I'm so excited you are going on the trip with us!"" I accepted their hugs, unable to get out of the room fast enough, as my disappointment was starting to brim over my lower eyelashes and onto my cheeks. In April of 2022, I walked into the same room for the same reason, to claim my instruction packet for the Footsteps of Paul trip. But this time the tears were tears of joy. How could this be? It was truly unbelievable, and I could barely wrap my mind around it. This time I was going on the trip, the same trip, only two years later. I remembered Job 2:25. God has restored everything to me that the enemy had stolen."

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