the refusal to rest

Opening Prayer: O Lord, forgive us when we simply refuse to rest.  For when we do so, we do so at our own expense.  We actually tear away at the image of the God we have been made to reflect.  Help us to discover what it means to truly rest, and how that rest actually is meant to make us more like you.  Amen.

Scripture: Isaiah 30:15

Journal: How and why do you refuse to rest?  What are the consequences?  Do you see it as a virtue, or as an act of disobedience?  How do you think God see is?

Reflection:  It’s really interesting how the Scriptures clearly show us, over and over again, that choosing not to rest is an act of disobedience.  I wonder why we are so reluctant to call it that?  In fact, we actually call it virtue.  How backwards is that?  For when we rest, somehow, mysteriously, it makes us more like the God who created us.

Prayer

Closing Prayer: Help us, O Lord, this day, to return and to rest, for it is our salvation.  Amen.