Are you feeling extra tired or is there an undercurrent of stress pulling you down? Perhaps it’s time to just rest today.
Hi friend.
Popping in short and sweet and in the middle of a Summer heatwave to send you a quick hug squeeze and say…
What if Jesus just wants you to rest today?
Friend to friend…I think I need to read that one more time.
Rest.
Today.
Oh how that is what I need today…and maybe that is what you need to?
While Summer is fun and sun and all things bright and busy…there is also…at least for me –
A shallow undercurrent of stress.
How do I manage the workload with the fun mode?
The answer is.
I don’t.
I wrote about it earlier HERE in my Summer “bucket list of behaviors,” the recognition of what Summer would and should demand differently from me, than what other seasons call for.
And now?
In the middle of a Summer heatwave it is proving to be true.
Maybe it is the heat…but it’s not just the weather that is in a haze right now…
It seems my mind is too.
All pointing towards the need for one thing.
Rest.
Yes Rest and Recovery from what has been a non stop Summer season of go and go.
And thankfully our family will be retreating very soon, to our happy place at the beach for our first full family vacation this Summer. During which time I fully intend to decompress and downshift from all the things.
But in the meantime?
I can rest right where I am…right now –
If I will just choose to.
Perhaps you feel it to?
The world around us unfolding in a way that makes me want to walk outside…but keep my eyes closed, when I do.
Because?
Because there is so much I don’t want to see..or know.
And yet?
I know if I kept my eyes closed to everything I don’t want to know and see…
There is so much good I would miss too.
Like the sun waking up the trees and the sounds of our girls running in the sprinkler outside.
And so?
I seek to settle into a place…where I can know my place.
My place?
Under His wings.
“He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.”
psalm 91:4 NIV
Under His watchful eye.
Under His great care.
Because sweet friend…we can know our place and be tethered to Truth…even while living in a not so trustworthy world.
Yes, it is in our weakness, we find our strength and security.
In our weakness we find security…In Him.
“But he said to me,
“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
2 corinthians 12:9-11 niv emphasis added
And so?
Weak is Secure.
Secure is Sacred.
Sacred is Surrender.
Surrender is Safety.
Safety is a Soul at Rest.
A Soul at Rest is Reassurance.
Reassurance is Rescue.
Rescue is Jesus.
Jesus is Lord, Son of God.
God is Love.
Love is Here.
Here is Where you Are.
Where You Are is Where Your Breath is.
Your Breath is Alive in This Moment.
And in this moment?
All you need to do…is rest.
May we each take the invitation before us.
“but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”
isaiah 40:31 NIV
Dear Lord,
Thank you for the gift and invitation to rest. You know exactly what is weighing on our minds and wrestling in our hearts.
Thank you for always being near, consistent and protective.
As I rest and stand on your Promises, help me to listen to Your voice and trust your direction.
Amen.
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