Rest

 

We are spent too soon for lack of rest.

Christmas Day December 25th, 2023 Seattle, Washington

If you can see that someone urgently wants to talk to you, don't push them aside and walk away. Find out what is on their mind. In that mind might be the answer to a problem you have been worrying about. Who knows, it could save you a lot money, or make you very rich, and a whole lot of people might be bettered by the moment you shared with someone on your very busy day.

While some people are genuinely busy, most are not so busy they can't notice someone else itching with something on their mind. 

Distractions in prayer might be an opportunity for God to point out to you someone He wants closer to Him dearly. How is He supposed to do that if neither the other person, nor yourself are open to communication. Obviously, if you push someone aside you are laying a cross of pain on their shoulders when you had it in your power to open the heavens themselves to the joy of sharing with someone.

I use the metaphor of a garden often because it is so apropos. People go to gardens to relax, enjoy the flow of the fresh air and the warmth of the sun shining down; they like be with the ducks and eagles and just relax in the peace flowing through. Surely a soul who has been crucified is worthy of the rest?

On the night when He was betrayed, Jesus went to the garden of Gethsemane, and olive orchard where He could plead with His Father for some way out of what He was confronting in His mind the next day. So He knows a thing or two about what you and everyone is going through. How can one find courage if he also cannot find hope of a respite. I assure you if you come to the garden to rest within yourself and fix your gaze upon His Face, He will fill you with peace no matter what the pain. I have had ample opportunities to experience that in my life when I so often felt pinned down, nailed to the cross and overwhelmed with despair and no light to indicate another way.

I drank my cup and allowed my Lord to do what He had  in mind. There is strength in such things such as dying men desire desperately.

So perhaps we have reached a point today when we can appreciate just how much He wishes to reveal Himself to world so dedicated to killing everyone off. It is the Lord's wish that people reconsider where they stand.