Rest! Oh rest where are you?
So simple yet so difficult to find
It says God finished his work in 6 days and found you on the 7th
God called the 7th day holy because He found you (Genesis 2:1-3)
Why are you so hard to find in the 21st century?
Netflix, Hulu, Intagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, Whatsapp…
All call on me pretending to be you
Faking that they can take your place
And I find myself lulled into their embrace
Deceiving myself that I am in you, resting
But my mind is consumed
My emotions are raging, being tossed and turned by all I watch
I find myself wanting things I don’t even want and needing things I can do without
All the while lying to myself that I am resting
Rest! Oh rest where are you?
I miss the days when you were close
When you were easy to find
Little to no worries about tomorrow, living one day at a time
Living in each day
Actually being with the people around me,
rather than watching them on social media
Planning with family and friends to have sometime with you
to watch a movie, play card games, play in the backyard, to just be in you
Relaxing with you, belly laughing without thinking about future plans
Just being with you in the moment
Rest, when I find you
I will spend the day with you sitting
Listening to the beauty that comes from being in silence with you
Sleeping, reading, writing, praying, singing, dancing, walking, playing … slowing down
Just so I can remember that the only place I can truly find you is in The One that made a day holy when He found you
May I find God in you just like I find you in God
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