The Art of Living

"I have come that you may have LIFE, and life more ABUNDANT."

I would totally blog more but I have literally done pretty much nothing the past three days. And honestly, I would feel pretty lazy and start to slap myself on the wrist and tell myself to get moving with life, but I can't lie- it feels wonderful. The past month was spent literally pulling my hair out and spending every moment I had planning, preparing, making materials, writing papers, and studying- so yeah- I'm pretty sure I've earned two days of nothingness. I'll admit though, it feels strange. I have to kind of tell myself to relax and rest and enjoy this time. My human nature wants to just keep running around even though there is nothing I could really get accomplished. We often live in this tendency of feeling like rest=laziness. And yes, if it's not in moderation it definitely is laziness, but rest is not always bad. Even GOD rested, and he is GOD! He doesn't even need rest! But he knows the importance of modeling it for us, because we do need it. We aren't machines, we aren't able to go, go, go without eventually becoming numb to life! How sad would that be to become just NUMB?

I really think the problem is that we think that if we don't keep trucking all the time that life will fall apart for us. This is actually a pretty hilarious messiah complex. I mean who am I to think that my life is controlled by me? Who am I to think that God cannot handle things in my life? There is this cycle that is beautiful where God requires work and God requires REST. And rest is good. Rest makes you feel rejuvenated to LIVE! Don't be anxious about resting. Don't spend restful moments beating yourself up for it because you have so much to do. Don't think about what you have to get done- just relax. God has you in the palm of his loving, controlling, masterful hands- and what a perfect place to be!

I would write more but I'm too busy resting. =)