My brain has reached overload!
Now past experience has taught me that overload is not necessarily a bad thing! No! For it stretches those cells that have been sitting in dormancy for a while. Wakes them up. Makes them work. Keeps them exercised.
Yes, overload can be a good thing!
On the other hand...
...you knew their would be an "other hand", didn't you?
On the other hand,
once saturation has been reached,
no amount of coaxing can force more information to retain itself
until our brain has
Rested,
Rejuvenated,
Refreshed.
Not only can it not take on new information,
it struggles to utilize much of the old information
efficiently.
Our spirits are much like that!
We live in a world of busyness!
Constant busyness!
Incessant busyness!
Until our spirits
just can't take anymore.
We become depressed.
Grouchy.
Temperamental.
Difficult.
Unpleasant.
Just generally miserable.
And we can't figure out why.
So we take pills.
Get therapy.
Read self-help books.
Become even busier trying to "fix" the problem.
God did not intend for us to live in this state!
In the Creation account in the Bible, God rested after His work.
He took an ENTIRE day off!
God! Took! A! Day! OFF!!!!
He sat back and looked at His handiwork.
And rested.
GOD!
Not only that, every single day, in the cool of the evening, he walked and fellowshipped with Adam and Eve.
Down time.
Communication with His loved ones.
Relaxation.
Every! Single! Day!
GOD!!!
If God Himself deemed it necessary to rest, rejuvenate, renew,
then it's barely possible He intended for us to do the same.
The last several months I have learned a lot about rejuvenation. In mind, body, and spirit.
Over the last several days,
in the busyness of establishing my new normal,
I have been in danger of forgetting what God has taught me.
I have a few more days of excessive busyness
to get everything established, flowing, settled, learned.
But during those days, I will be careful to make time to rest.
And to commune with God.
Because I love Him.
And He loves me.
And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy,
because it was the day when He rested from his work of creation.
~~ Genesis 2:3 NLT ~~
Six days a week are set apart for your daily duties and regular work,
but the seventh day is a day of rest
dedicated to the Lord your God.
On that day, no one in your household may do any kind of work
~~ Exodus 20:9-10 NLT ~~
Work for six days, and rest on the seventh.
This will give your ox and your donkey a chance to rest.
It will also allow the people of your household,
including your slaves and visitors,
to be refreshed.
~~ Exodus 23:12 NLT ~~
May you take time to rest from your labors, your busyness.
Revel in the quiet.
Commune with your loved ones.
Commune with God.
It's important!
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