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Rest

 Good morning!

        So, the blog is on autopilot a little this morning. I haven't been back long enough to feel comfortable just taking a day totally off but my shingle says I am enjoying the Spoon River Drive with some great friends today, so I am giving a quick devotional on remembering to take downtime. It seems like this past year, all the things that I considered downtime has been scarce. Perfect example, we normally go to Spoon River in October, and we couldn't. I will guarantee you, I worked that day instead of taking some down time. 

    I always love thinking about the fact that God created our whole world in six days and what did he do the seventh? He rested. Have you ever really thought about that? God is perfect. Does He really get tired? I don't think so. I think He rested the 7th day to show us that WE need that rest. 

So, I want to just quickly remind you that rest isn't a suggestion from God, it is a commandment. "Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant woman, and the alien, may be refreshed". Ex 23:12. God built us in a day off, I will admit, I am not good at taking down time, but I do remember to take a little time away from the stress of work and get some away time that I can breath. 

So, this is short, I hope you are finding your own down time this weekend, and while you do, maybe tell God thank you for building that into our lives. If you are going 90 miles an hour, I am going to suggest, from someone who has been there, done that, and goes 90 miles per hour all the time. You can get more done through the week if you find that downtime sometime every few days. 

So, REST, it really is an order, "-) 


I'm leaving you with, appropriately, Kari Jobe's Rest.




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