Take 5 for Faith
The rest is easy
We Americans are proud of our work ethic-perhaps too proud. We tend to value our work and busy-ness so much that we forget how to be still enough to hear God’s quiet voice. We need leisure- not frenetic vacationing or compulsive recreational activities but simple rest when we can unplug and think. Jesus says, “I will give you rest.” We may think he means eternal rest, but we don’t have to wait until we’re dead to enjoy it! We need to develop a pattern to “come away and rest awhile.” Why not today? Why not every Sunday? The media is full of “new” and flashy ways to avoid stress, but Jesus’ invitation is a simple, standing one: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.”
TODAY’S READINGS: Zechariah 9:9-10; Romans 8:9, 11-13; Matthew 11:25-30 (100)
“My yoke is easy, and my burden light."
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Ever since college I try to make every Sunday my "cave day" (Charice's phrase, as she does the same thing). I only leave for Church and to walk the dogs, and I don't do any chores. It's funny how hard it is *not* to do any work and just relax and rest in His presence!
We Americans are proud of our work ethic-perhaps too proud. We tend to value our work and busy-ness so much that we forget how to be still enough to hear God’s quiet voice. We need leisure- not frenetic vacationing or compulsive recreational activities but simple rest when we can unplug and think. Jesus says, “I will give you rest.” We may think he means eternal rest, but we don’t have to wait until we’re dead to enjoy it! We need to develop a pattern to “come away and rest awhile.” Why not today? Why not every Sunday? The media is full of “new” and flashy ways to avoid stress, but Jesus’ invitation is a simple, standing one: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.”
TODAY’S READINGS: Zechariah 9:9-10; Romans 8:9, 11-13; Matthew 11:25-30 (100)
“My yoke is easy, and my burden light."
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Ever since college I try to make every Sunday my "cave day" (Charice's phrase, as she does the same thing). I only leave for Church and to walk the dogs, and I don't do any chores. It's funny how hard it is *not* to do any work and just relax and rest in His presence!