I had looked forward to this past week for a couple of months. The summer was long and very busy around the church office. You would have thought we had some big event coming up at the end of the summer or something! So this past week was a chance to get away and rest a little. Of course, heading to CO to see my grandson made the week exciting too!
Finally, our creation story comes to a conclusion. God has formed the earth and all that will inhabit it. And on the 7th day he rested. Thus setting up for us a cycle of life that we would do well to adopt. Six days of work and one day of rest.
The God of the universe breathed the very life into Adam, and mankind was born.
He does that for us today too. Certainly the pattern of working and taking a day of rest will breathe new life into us. A day of rest sets us up to meet the challenges of the week ahead. A day of rest allows our minds to regenerate and our bodies to refresh. Find some time in your week to take a day of rest. It doesn't have to be Sunday. I work on Sundays so there's not much rest there. But Saturdays are a different story. That's the day I try my hardest to be at home with nothing planned!
God's word also breathes life into us as well. It transforms us as our minds are renewed. It instructs us in God's will. It convicts us of change we need to make. It empowers us to follow him. It breathes life...the very life we need. Find time each day to be in God's word.
Wonder what our lives would be like if we allowed God to breathe into us through the renewal that comes with rest and is found in his word? I know...let's try it out and see what happens!
- Holly Barrett
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