S6E34 Are You at Rest?
Sep 28, 2026 · 48 min · 10 segments
6/9/26 Pastor Les Hill
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Sep 28, 2026 · 48 min · 10 segments
6/9/26 Pastor Les Hill
Les HillHost
I want to ask you the question, are you at rest? Are you at rest? Some people are hyperactive and restless.
like the 33-year-old gentleman Larry Walters, and I had to Google this to see if this is really true, it really is true, who wanted to see his city of LA from the sky back in 1982.
So he went down to the local Army surplus store, bought 42 used weather balloons, and that afternoon he strapped himself to a lawn chair and took on his journey a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, a two-way radio, and a BB gun.
What was the BB gun for? He had strapped 42 helium balloons to his chair, and he took his flight.
Apparently, he went right in the middle of air traffic pattern of LA International Airport.
And he stayed there for about 45 minutes, causing some commercial flights to reroute.
After much coaxing from his girlfriend, actually there is raw footage of his girlfriend saying, get down, get down, okay? He finally shot a few of the balloons, and as he began to make a rather quick descent, he got tangled in the power lines in Long Beach, causing a blackout in the area.
But then there's a different kind of restlessness, a severe medical condition called akathisia.
Symptomatically, those who are affected with it feel a strong inner urge to keep moving.
Common symptoms are pacing back and forth, shifting weight, or tapping feet constantly.
Sufferers often describe the sensation as unbearable inner agitation or chemical torture.
It can become so serious that without corrective medical intervention, sufferers of it can have even contemplated suicide.
So physical or medical restlessness can be a real issue for some of us, but spiritual restlessness is there for all of us.
I don't think there's a person in this room who hasn't struggled with some measure of spiritual restlessness.
I want to ask you the question, are you at rest? Are you at rest? Some people are hyperactive and restless.
like the 33-year-old gentleman Larry Walters, and I had to Google this to see if this is really true, it really is true, who wanted to see his city of LA from the sky back in 1982.
So he went down to the local Army surplus store, bought 42 used weather balloons, and that afternoon he strapped himself to a lawn chair and took on his journey a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, a two-way radio, and a BB gun.
What was the BB gun for? He had strapped 42 helium balloons to his chair, and he took his flight.
Apparently, he went right in the middle of air traffic pattern of LA International Airport.
And he stayed there for about 45 minutes, causing some commercial flights to reroute.
After much coaxing from his girlfriend, actually there is raw footage of his girlfriend saying, get down, get down, okay? He finally shot a few of the balloons, and as he began to make a rather quick descent, he got tangled in the power lines in Long Beach, causing a blackout in the area.
But then there's a different kind of restlessness, a severe medical condition called akathisia.
Symptomatically, those who are affected with it feel a strong inner urge to keep moving.
Common symptoms are pacing back and forth, shifting weight, or tapping feet constantly.
Sufferers often describe the sensation as unbearable inner agitation or chemical torture.
It can become so serious that without corrective medical intervention, sufferers of it can have even contemplated suicide.
So physical or medical restlessness can be a real issue for some of us, but spiritual restlessness is there for all of us.
I don't think there's a person in this room who hasn't struggled with some measure of spiritual restlessness.
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