Every time I read this scripture I feel I am missing something. How do I get this rest you speak of? How do I get away with God and recover my life?
Tag: rest
We can run the risk of making a day of rest just another thing to tick off the list. This was never the intention of God.
So often we talk about “rest” and the importance of making room for it in our busy lives. Except for one thing, how do we actually rest?
My words say: “Just be; find rest, it’s so good for you” my life says: “I can’t rest, I’m too busy with all that doing”.
Most days begin in a groan and a vague rolling out of bed after a lot of denial. It’s a rude awakening. The beauty that paints the sky and has the power to transform our hearts… and here we are missing it.
We are meant to plan for the future and work in the present for that unseen yet approaching reality. But what about when you don’t know what’s next? And how do we learn to be OK with that?
Are you struggling to find time to be still? When you find real rest you are met with real joy, it overflows and spills into every part of your life.
Looking for a stress-free Christmas? These 7 tips will help you get the important jobs organised and even factor in some rest time.
What happens when we keep trying to get a harvest from an exhausted life? Perhaps it’s time to prioritise rest, so that what we’re sowing into healthy soil.
If we think God wants us to be constantly striving without rest, we’ve given in to a ‘religion’ that requires our efforts to appease God.