rest
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Today I am reminded of God's goodness. For the first time in many months I am taking a full day of rest. A sabbath. A couple things have been running through my mind:
1. God is good. It's amazing to me that the Lord delights in who I am. That I don't have to do anything. That I can spend all day watching Grey's Anatomy reruns, and staring at the ceiling, and singing, and journaling, and napping, and sending e-mails to old friends, and doing nothing "productive", and the Lord is pleased.
2.What's taken me so long? There's a reason God instructs us to rest every six days: it's good for us physically, mentally and spiritually. And it reminds us that we're not in control. Stopping for a full day requires that understanding. The things I've been busying myself with are mostly good, but in retrospect, it wasn't worth missing out on quality rest.
3. A portion of the day isn't enough. I have rested here and there over the past few months. But a few hours of solitude squeezed in between work does not restore the soul. Of course, something's better than nothing, but the real rejuvination comes from really letting go for the day.
