by admin | May 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
So in my post on mental rest, I actually addressed worry, which is both emotional and mental. Emotional rest covers a wide variety of issues–just ask yourself if you ever feel like you experience an emotion that’s taking a lot of energy and you can find...
by admin | Mar 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
So now that we’ve looked at the command to rest and the merits of resting, what exactly is rest? How do we practically apply this command? Since the Sabbath is the quintessential example of rest, I went back to those passages on it. In Exodus 16:22-30 gives us a...
by admin | Feb 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
I don’t know about you, but most days I feel like I have acres of things to do. Logically, it seems like resting would be antithetical to accomplishing the maximum number of things possible in a day, despite the fact that God commands us to do it. However, as...
by admin | Jan 31, 2013 | Uncategorized
Living with a chronic illness has often forced me face-to-face with my ideas about rest and laziness. My natural tendency is to be an overworking perfectionist and to worry that I’m being lazy. And because of this, I have serious issues trying to tell when...
by admin | Jan 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’m going back through Nehemiah and I was so struck by this passage: Meanwhile, the people in Judah said, “The strength of the laborers is giving out, and there is so much rubble that we cannot rebuild the wall.” Neh 4:8 (NIV) You have to look at the...
