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Learn to Rest

 If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit.

I love this quote by Maya Angelou. Her words have inspired millions of people around the world. At the age of 60, I have finally realized that rest is an option I have in life. I don't have to finish today. I don't have to start something new today. I just know that rest is part of the process. I'm at a place in life that I feel as if I have quit doing some of the things I enjoy such as quilting, cross stitching, and learning how to use Canva and Printify. But I have other work that I feel to be more important at the moment. And that type of work - changing email addresses for the family's login locations and moving each of our YouTube channels into new channels for each of us because we've changed our internet provider, deep cleaning, removing clutter, writing my book, helping my younger son overcome his struggles - are high-profile projects for me. So, I haven't quit the type of work I enjoy. There just isn't time for it at this time. So, I'm merely resting from the pleasure work and the learning for now; I haven't quit.


image courtesy of Sincerely Media via Unsplash

So, there is a lesson in this process of learning to rest. Remember that Rome wasn't built in a day. Thus, everything you want to do can't be accomplished in a day, and we can't worry about what isn't getting done . Ecclesiastes 3:1 reminds us,
There is a time for everything,
    and a season for every activity under the heavens

God rested in Genesis 2:2 and commands us to rest throughout the Bible. Rest refreshes us to be our best for God, for ourselves, and for those we love. My family and I just took our first vacation in over 24 years. I'm already planning our vacation for next year, because we enjoyed getting away for a few days and doing something different this year. The next vacation won't be as extravagant, but it will be just as much fun and just as relaxing. Probably more fun and relaxing because our destination will be closer.

I pray you will create time to rest. Because it is more important than you may realize. You'll likely get more accomplished too!

May the Spirit guide you on your journey to find the rest your body and mind need,

Patricia

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