Sabbath

As part of my renewal leave, the idea of "sabbath" or a day to focus on God and not work, was an important part of my time. Having been "back in the saddle", I find it harder to find that quiet time with God, even though I am much improved from just a few months ago.

Yet, I find that it is easy to become consumed with activities that simply "fill the time": errands, TV, hobbies, cleaning the house (yes, I do that....some!). Why is it so hard to "be still and know that I am God" and so easy to fill that time with non-essential things? Perhaps it is part of being a "do-er" and always seeing what could/needs to be done.

Or maybe it is because when we (I) sit still for very long, I am confronted with you I am (and who I'm not) and that is not always a comfortable place to be. But it is the only place where I will come into contact with the living God in a real and powerful way, which is also where I find the changes that are needed and the strength to pursue them.

The work is never done. That is for sure. The work God has given me to do, and the work He has yet to do in me.