rest :: 31 days

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." 

Matthew 11:28

pretty much every afternoon for the past 12 years (since i had my first baby) i have walked straight into my room from putting the napping kid(s) down for their naps, shut the doors behind me...

turned on the fan so that i can't hear the phone ring...

and laid my body down under the covers of my bed.

most days it's just been for 20-30 minutes. because there IS so much else to be done during naptime. in the early days, it was because of lack of sleep in the night from those sweet babies. in the depression days it was because under those covers was the only place i wanted to be.

now that i sleep all night long, and my heart is full of peace and joy, you might think i don't need to take that rest any longer.

i've tried not doing it. and by 3:30 pm, it's obvious. lately, with the cleaner way that i'm eating, i literally CAN'T sleep. but i still lay there. and read for a few minutes. and close my eyes. because when i get back up, i am refreshed and ready to take on the rest of the day.

this rest is the ONLY way i can get a break from my mind. from the moment i wake up in the morning, until i go to bed at night, it's like there are 16 roller coasters zooming around in my brain...going up, flying down, jerking to a stop. it's exhausting!

rest is a gift that God has given to us on this earth...and, for me, i need a little one every single day.

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