Rest….
What does that mean to you?
For me it means SLEEP. It also means resting in today and God’s provision for today.
It means taking time off of life to take care me. In today’s society that is not an easy thing. We are all so busy. This year our school year has looked quite different. I have one in school and three at home. We make daily trips to LearningRx. I gas up the car so much more than I did last year. We go from here to there and the days of school at home seem long gone. But it is our life this year. It is what our days look like. But among the busyness there is a peace because I know it’s God’s plan for us right now.
I waited, fretted, cried and sweated over what this year would look like. I feel like I went around the mountain to find the path God had laid before us for this year. And I think the journey is partly the reason for the peace. It’s often the journey that reminds me what it feels like to be in the middle of God’s plan for our lives.
How people go through life without knowing there is someone else looking out for them is a mystery to me. I remember the days when I had the illusion of control over my own life. I determined my days, my weeks. But in those times there was very little peace. There was always a searching. The God sized hole he puts in each of us can only be filled by him.
Then the journey of giving up daily control of our lives begins. And when I arrive at the place that I realize HE is GOOD and HE has my best interests at heart I can rest in whatever is going on in my life. I can remember “this too shall pass” or I can rejoice in the small things when the days look dark. The days right now feel full of sunshine. And I know there will be another mountain to climb but I am so thankful for the rest.
Life is definitely hard. But God is definitely good!!! Enjoy your day! Rest.
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