Rest

When was the last time?

The last time for what?

Well, when was it?

When was the last time I realized the beauty of rest,

That it was divinely created,

And that it leads the way to more fullness?

Rest.

There’s not a need for justification,

Or a reason to explain

Because it was publicly sanctioned

By our Creator, as a “thing.”

A built-in kind of thing

And not a “if you feel like it,”

Or “If you can get the time off,”

Kind of deal.

They say in teaching that modeling

Is one of the most important aspects

Of getting students to understand something.

God must’ve thought the same thing

Because He demonstrated what it was like

To take time “off.”

“And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done,

And he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he

Had done. So God blessed the seventh day

And made it holy, because on it God rested from all his

Work that he had done in creation” (Genesis 2:2-3)

And I don’t think—as big of a job as creating

ALL things is—that He needed to sit down

And take a breather.

I don’t really believe that the Creator & Sustainer

Would’ve been hard up if he’d have continued

Working.

What I think is that He is a good teacher,

Just like His Son,

And He knew that someday someone like me

Or someone like you, might need to

Get the picture

That stopping.

Pausing.

Resting.

Is a beautiful and necessary part of our

Existence.

Oh, the things we can do

By the work of our hands and the imaginations

Of our brains!

They are absolutely glorious and reflect

A Majestic, Dream-Schemer!

But my hands have overworked for days,

And my brain has burned holes in my skull

As analytical battles have ensued,

And I am thankful that built into the best

Way of living is time to

Stop. Reflect. Listen. And simply be.