The Need for Rest

The Need for Rest: Be Still
The book of Genesis tells us that on the seventh day God rested. God, as powerful as He is, and as strong as He is, still needs rest. Do you rest? Are you ever still enough to rest? Why do we plot and plan every minute of our time such that even if our body is resting our mind is not. God created us in His image and likeness… He needed rest, so why don’t we?

Last weekend marked the official start of summer fun. School is out, the heat is here, travel plans and reservations have been made. But did you make a reservation for rest? In today’s day and age it is getting harder and harder to find a time where we are not running here and there… cell phones keep us in constant contact with everyone in the world… thus keeping our minds constantly occupied. We must learn to just say NO! For a day or two (or three or four) try turning off your cell phones, don’t log into Facebook and check e-mail, don’t attend every event you are invited to… Just say NO, I need rest, I need to be still. You need to put in your reservation for your own time!

This summer let us make a point to be still… let us create opportunities for one another to be still… let us pray to God for stillness when we cannot find it in our own hearts and minds.. . –God Bless, Holly Clark

PS… As you are reading this I will be resting, being still, hopefully on a beach somewhere on the Cape. Be still… be…