Relax

Sometimes the Lord calls us to rest.  Even when it seems inconvenient in our busy lives.  There's never a time when he stops inviting us to this. "Come to me all you who are burdened and weary, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest in your souls." (Mt. 11:28)  Because I'm a little slow when it comes to hearing His voice, the past few days He's been calling me to rest by allowing me to come down with a cold.  I finally caught on today.  Thankfully He's patient.

"Why is it easy to work but hard to rest sometimes?" Audrey Assad says in her new song, Lament.  How true this is!  It's so easy to keep busy, but not always as easy to just relax, reflect and rest.

We need to be rested inside and out.  We need to take some time for physical rest every day, as well as a time to just quiet our souls and rest in Him.  My boy, St. Augustine, said that our hearts are restless until they rest in God.  

Ask the Lord to hold you in His arms while you take a break today, I know I'm going to.