Reasons to Trust God's Gift of Rest

Reasons to Trust God's Gift of Rest We all need a break: a moment to catch our breath, gather our thoughts, have a few moments of self-care, escape, relax, unwind, or decompress. Whatever you call it, we need it from time to time. Whether it be a long day, week, month, season, or year, we know when the work is done (and sometimes before), we need some time to recuperate and recover. If our intuition that we need a break isn’t enough, there’s plenty of support for the idea from a wide variety of sources. Simply Google, “do we need rest” and see the results (4,230,000,000). Everything from medical sites to counseling sites, Ted talks to personal blogs, business advice to psychology all insist on its importance. There’s encouragement on the need for rest, exploration of the different kinds of rest (apparently there are 7), and plenty of advice on how and when to have a rest. You can read an article, listen to a podcast, watch a video, enjoy an infographic, or even chuckle at a meme.  Rest, like nearly every other topic, can, ironically, be researched until you’re exhausted. But there’s also plenty of support in the Bible for rest.