the.slow.down

ps. 62
my soul finds rest in God alone…

what does it mean/ what does it look like to have “my soul… at rest”?
that is a genuine question. my soul, my person, my heart, my being, what i think of as “me”. i live in a place where i think my soul (and many others’) spend very little time “at rest”. that feeling of being at rest, of being content and happy in the lord.

our world systems aren’t real conducive to helping us find “rest” even the rest, they prescribe and help us to pursue, oftentimes, is more of a commodity for us to purchase so that they can make money, than it is a genuine offer at help and a desire to bless with real rest.

rest and peace seem bound to one another in my mind. i don’t wonder if oftentimes, we struggle to find rest b/c we don’t have resolution or peace in our own persons. and that could be related to many things. have i been living truthfully? have i been encouraging others to live truthfully? am i living a life of agape love? am i living as a faithful member of the kingdom here in the midst of this mess called planet earth? all questions that might be able to answer why we have so little peace.

yet on the contrary, as the verse states our rest can only be found in God. in God alone comes the affirmation, the love, and the assurance that can bring rest to our soul. we can certainly avoid that rest, by running, but it’s there and available through humility, and dependance, which seem to be the conduit to real rest.

i think of the times i’ve felt genuine rest and how it’s come at the cost of throwing my hands up, and running into the shelter of a God who loves me despite my screw ups and weakness.

thank you Lord that you are there and are eager to bring us rest.

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