Rest

I am sitting here looking at our cat, Sunny, who is sleeping peacefully, and it occurred to me that I need to learn to relax and rest like a cat.

It has been a very busy month with all the packing and moving and unpacking and now all the work of getting all the paperwork and such done. Vicki leaves for college on Wednesday, Craig starts school on Aug 24. My table is buried in a mountain of paperwork. I go to bed at night and lay there thinking of all the things that need to be done. Yet lying in bed thinking does not get things done, it just gets me more anxious.

I need to remember Phil 4:6. Do not be anxious about anythings but in everything with prayer and thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. I need to stop and rest. I need to pray and let go. God has it all under control. So I don't have to worry. Right? I'm still working on that. I know it is true; but is harder to live it out day to day.

Tomorrow is Sunday, a day of rest. I plan to take the day off from my busyness and I pray that you will too.

Come to me all you who are weary and heavy burdened, and I will give you rest...Matt 11:28