One of the things I love about God is that He makes a way for rest. Rest is something He values so strongly. He wants His kids to know how to rest, and to teach us how to rest He will make room for it. Often, it’s in the inconvenient things that God teaches us to rest.
I remember when I was in grade 11; I was driven by assignments, deadlines and getting things done perfectly. In one particular term, I got very tired and just needed rest but I didn’t realise it. On a Thursday, I went to the school library and for some reason I borrowed out the next book in a series I was reading, even though I hadn’t finished the one I was up to. The next day, I woke up with a flu and stayed home from school. It was inconvenient, considering I had things to do at school, but it was timely.
It even made me laugh that for some reason I had borrowed out that book, meaning when I finished the first book on that day, I was already set up with another book to snuggle under the covers and read. For some reason, I remember that day with a lot of peace and fondness. I think it’s because through that day of being sick, God made room for me to rest.
That moment was a learning curve for me in understanding how God works out the little things and times everything just right for us to rest when we need it.
A recent resting point
Another one of those days happened for me a couple weeks back. Here in Queensland where I live, there was a cyclone up north. As the cyclone lessened and travelled down south it resulted…
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