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A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Haydon Spenceley

Good morning.

When I was learning music theory as a youngster I never really understood what the point of bars of rest one after another was in sheet music. Trying to follow where one had to count bar after bar of rest didn鈥檛 seem very restful to me. Wouldn鈥檛 it just be easier to keep playing?

We can live our lives a bit like that with potentially risky or even disastrous consequences. It鈥檚 a falsehood to tell ourselves that those results will be better than the ones we will have if at some point, we allow ourselves to rest.

There鈥檚 a temptation to view those who focus on self-care as somewhat self-absorbed, but they aren鈥檛. In my view as someone who rather jealously looks on at how able they are to focus and the lack of bags under their eyes after another full day of work. The balance between work and rest was set down by God in creation. I鈥檝e often found it a good idea to follow God鈥檚 lead and instruction even and especially, proving the truth of this in the times when I have chosen not to and thought I knew better.

I tell you, each and every time I have crashed and He has lovingly picked me up, pieced me back together and both set me back to work and reminded me to rest. As the working week draws to an end for many, I hope some rest is in your future.

Father, as you rested at the end of a full week of work, help me to both work well today and to find my rest in you at day鈥檚 end. Be with me now and in the day and days ahead. Help me to live, work and rest to your glory.

Amen