<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6TKhlh8jRarPOEBsTvfQ2oytCdrPe01VE4KQ7mpAu5H8vX0qQBKfs7Pw2PGiJNZ_82OA1nasuXpx320fQD4q8OaSRDFDPVflpnGlnVCZZOWfm80WYAOkmtLJh6rbdW0smKKPiyZRjTpI/s1600/Building+a+fire+in+the+snow.001.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6TKhlh8jRarPOEBsTvfQ2oytCdrPe01VE4KQ7mpAu5H8vX0qQBKfs7Pw2PGiJNZ_82OA1nasuXpx320fQD4q8OaSRDFDPVflpnGlnVCZZOWfm80WYAOkmtLJh6rbdW0smKKPiyZRjTpI/s400/Building+a+fire+in+the+snow.001.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> In the first message in a series titled "Building a Fire in the Snow", Heather Erickson emphasizes how periods of rest are ideal times to cultivate spiritual disciplines to follow the Lord more intimately and love the people around us more wisely.