The Plumbline

I think there may be seasons when God is just calling us to find rest and to allow him to restore our bodies, minds, and spirits.  These can be quite enjoyable times, but they can also be times when God points out ways we need to be making subtle course corrections in life to readjust our focus.  Either way, we need them desperately.  Without times of renewal, we wind down and we just get plain burned out.  It is intentional rest that we need, not forced or reluctant times of rest.  When we recognize our need for these specific seasons of rest, we won't be as tempted to resist them as we might want to be! He restores my strength. He leads me on right paths to show that he is good. (Psalm 23:3 ERV) This morning, as we consider the importance of rest, will you allow me to use an acrostic to help us remember the purpose of rest?  The word I want to focus on is quite simple:  LINGER. Lean into his presence.  There is something about lea...

There are days when I just feel tired from the moment I set my feet on the ground in the morning till I finally lay my head on the pillow again at night. In the hours of what were supposed to be "rest" somehow my body and mind just didn't get the rest it needed.  Add to that the fact I sometimes don't eat the way I should eat and you have a recipe for a long day with not so much energy! Looking at how America has stepped up to the "fatigue plate" with their response of creating all manner of "energy supplements" ranging from Red Bull to vitamin type drinks you can swig down at the first feeling of being a little too tired to finish what is at hand and you can see this doesn't seem to be a problem isolated to me.  Maybe another part of this phenomena is the ever increasing desire to do more in the hours of the day we have before us - perhaps even more than what our ancestors would have thought humanly possible.  We are a people who don't wa...