Go Have A Rest

Have you ever gone for weeks or even months without a day off? How do you feel by week three? Are you tired, irritable, prone to making errors? Take a look at your decisions or even you notes by the end of week three and see how the clarity of thought has changed from when you were well rested and when you were on the tail end of a very long stretch of work. You will probably notice that the logic and clarity has suffered.

I was once told that if you think your company cannot survive without you for a day or two, you are either deluded or you have created a problem. So many people make themselves indispensable in order to protect their jobs. The question is this; what is the cost? Family life suffers, personal health suffers, relationship with other are damaged and in the end, are we truly happy?

Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. Gen 2:1-3

The Creator of all the universe, the Father of all mankind, the Saviour of humanity who, in His infinite wisdom, declared the world into existence rested on the seventh day. Six days He created and on the seventh day, He rested from all His work. In fact, it was so important to Him that He declared it Holy! God declared a Holy day of rest and, if you look at the empirical evidence, a day of rest for all of us is a healthy thing. So why do so many people think they need to work themselves into ill health or even into an early grave? Our Creator loves us so much He declared a day of rest, so why not abide by His wish and take a Holy Health Day every week?

This weekend, Natalie and I are away at a rest retreat. We are so fortunate to have Rev Glenn Reeder bringing the message this Sunday.  We invite you to join us in person or online at 10:30 MST and can be seen live on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MainAvenueFellowship/) or viewed afterwards on our website (www.mainavefellowship.blogspot.ca).

Blessings
Pastor Todd