Lately, actually for a while now I have been wondering how to rest. I don’t mean how to stop, or how to quit, but how to rest. The problem I have is that when I am tired, or when I am bored I seem to either veg out and do nothing, or I get myself into trouble by wasting time doing other things that are not good for me like watching TV, eating or just surfing carelessly on the web. There has got to be a better way to rest.

My friend Ben once said to me that resting does not mean that you nothing, or just stare blankly at the television, but that you do something that is restful and fulfilling, I may have misquoted, but thats the gist of it. Anyway, I was wondering what you do for rest. Do you read, do you walk, do you visit someone and socialize? What are some things that have worked. Have you or are you needing rest currently?

I am praying about this, I think God knows my body more than me, He made it for crying out loud. I think that for me to rest means that I have to get into God’s word. I need to read my bible more, not books that talk about the bible, or culture, or church, but the bible. Yes, those other books were inspired and written by people who love and know God’s word, but I need God’s word 1st and then the later will follow.

Anyway, thanks and I look forward to your response.