Growing up, Sundays always consisted of going to church together, coming home for lunch and then letting the afternoon sweep you off your feet to far far away nap-land.
It seems like no matter how hard you would plan and strive to be productive on a Sunday the chances of plans being interrupted by a nap monster were highly likely.
I think rest is good. After all, God did rest after He completed His creation. If God rested, how could we expect to not need rest. Not only that, but part of the law for the Israelite people was to set aside a day for rest and worship. Rest is important.
In our world today, it is easy to get caught up in so many things that we are run ragged. Our things own us and the things we do rule our lives instead of God being in control.
Rest is good because it is a way to set everything aside and say, 'We trust You God to take care of us today. We rest in You knowing that you are in control of the world and that you are much more capable of handling our life than we are; so for today, I am going to set back and rest in You.'
Whatever day it may be, may we always find time to truly Rest in our Father's presence realizing that sometimes there is no greater thing we could be doing.
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