Sunday devotional for 7/22/12
(late in posting due to being on vacation)
Rest is important for everyone. We cannot remain awake forever, and a "good night's rest" restores us for the next day's activities. Each week we have the opportunity to take a day of rest to focus on God to refill us spiritually for the week to come. We all need a balance of work and rest. A vacation is a welcome respite from our work. There is an even deeper rest that we may require. Even Jesus took a break from the crowds at times to go to "a solitary place". For some, life's burdens, whether past or present, can totally deplete all desire or ability to go on. That is when we need that deep restoration for our souls, only fully realized by admitting we cannot do it alone and by laying it all at Jesus' feet.
28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30 NIV
May you each feel that deep restoring rest that our Savior brings.
written by Jan Andersen, resting on vacation :)
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