SOUL REST
This month we’ve been focusing on rest. But, what is rest? How do we find it? And, why is it so hard to come by?
This month we’ve been focusing on rest. But, what is rest? How do we find it? And, why is it so hard to come by?
I can tell you one concept that I’ve had mercifully jammed into my head during this season of complete upheaval: I am not a superhero. I’m not all-sufficient.
We all need rest. In fact, we can't live without it. We are made in such a way that resting is absolutely necessary.
No matter how self-sufficient, efficient, amazing, big boss lady getting stuff done I can be, I still just can’t be enough sometimes.
At that moment, I remember very clearly being struck by the idea that there had to be a God. How else could this immense "everything" come to be and work...
The details of creation speak to just how intentional our God is. These things around us didn’t just come to be by chance. They were thought out and were given...
Even in the city, where concrete is king, creation constantly pokes up between the cracks, calls out from roosted corners, and rains down refreshing waters.
I am blessed to have small kids running all over my house every day. It’s a crazy, loud, messy sort of fun. And, one of the greatest blessings of hanging...
Are you well in your soul today? The old hymn, "It Is Well With My Soul", challenges us to be well in our souls regardless of our circumstances.