REST IS IMPORTANT TOO!

 

REST IS IMPORTANT TOO!

 

Today we read about

The HEALING of Simon’s

Mother-in-law=she was

SUFFERING from a fever

 

We all know how

SERIOUS a fever can be=

It signals distress

Of somewhere else in the body

And potentially SERIOUS

 

After that MIRACULOUS HEALING=

Many more sick people came=

And Jesus HEALED them all as well

 

“At daybreak=Jesus left

And went to=A deserted place”                                                                                                Luke 4:42

 

It is EXHAUSING

Tending to the sick=

And Jesus must have

EXPENDED=a great deal of energy

 

He retreats to be

ALONE for awhile=

He needed SOME REST

As we all do=we need time alone

 

I don’t know

About you=but I need

Some ALONE TIME

Sometimes I just

Need to rest=

REST IS IMPORTANT TOO!

 

“Whoever dwells

In the shelter

Of the Most High

 

Will REST

In the shadow=of the Almighty”                                                                                         Psalm 91:1

 

“This is what the Lord says=

‘Stand at the crossroads

And look=ask for the ancient paths

 

Ask where the good way is

And walk in it

And you will FIND REST

For your souls’”                                                                                                                Jeremiah 6:16

 

That is what Jesus NEEDED=

REST for his soul=

He needed to take time

ALONE=With his Father

 

And that is

WHAT we all need too

To be with the Father and Jesus

Take some time=and REST ALONE

REST IS IMPORTANT TOO!

 

“Come to me-

All you who are weary

And burdened=and I will GIVE YOU REST

 

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=

For my yoke is easy

And my burden light”                                                                                                       Matthew 11:28-30

 

GIVE your burdens to Jesus=

He will help you

Carry them

 

Jesus retreats for awhile

SO CAN WE=

There is a rhythm to life

And REST IS IMPORTANT TOO!

 

Rest is important to

The COMPOSITION of our souls

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of our EVER loving and RESTFUL Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

8-31-2021

 

 

Ps         INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Jennifer Christ