Runnin'

I am, like I imagine many of you are running at warp 9! This past weekend Sarah and I went to Yoncalla, Oregon in order to visit her parents and attend an annual "Birthday Dinner" that she and her sibling celebrate every year around this time. It was a great time but really tiring.

And, of course, (as usual) I have myself double booked this weekend (and week) and as a result found myself spending alot of time catching up today. In midst of all my feeling sorry for myself this morning I started to get a killer headache. I don't know about you, but when I'm not feeling up to par or sick, I have a tendency to get grouchy. Uh, ok, I get whinny. Here sat the day's agenda before me and I'm moping around the house with no one to complain to except the dog (and he was trying to sleep!). About midway through my emotional funeral, I was tempted to pray and one of the things that God started to let me know was that I hadn't taken a rest. In a long, long, long time. I dug out my daytimer and review the last few months and had to confess that time and time again I had violated God's Sabbath. I wasn't taking the time to just be with God--not traveling around for Him--not ministering to others for Him--just being with Him.

I know, I know. We ALL are super busy. And it isn't out of some misguided, legalistic rule that I say stuff like this, but rather it comes from the reality that there are times in this life when the road is too hard for us. We HAVE to stop and spent quality time with the Lord. sometimes the most spiritual thing we can do is rest.

Can I encourage you to rest today or this week? Even if it isn't a whole day but maybe just a 15 minute break--give it a shot. As for me, I going to rest a bit and spent some time with God just chillin'
In His Grace,
Mark