Day 31: Rest

THANK GOD!!! I finished all of my work on time!!! WHOO HOO!!! Oh, Lord, thank You. I knew that You would guide me through as usual! After staying up late to finish and waking up early, I'm pretty taxed... therefore, I'm taking the night off from all work! Even God knows the value of a good rest. He took the very first one! Granted, He made the entire world and everything in it in six days, and I just had a few reports to do in the same amount of time. But taking a well-deserved rest filled with praise to God is good for anyone regardless of what kind of honest work he/she has done!

(As a side note, this is my one-month anniversary for writing this blog! Another reason for praise and celebration!)

There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
~Hebrews 4:9-11

I know it isn't a full day of rest, but a few hours to just sit back, write my blog, and thank God and praise Him continually feels wonderful. Even yesterday afternoon when I was feeling quite anxious, I just sat and prayed for calmness and serenity. Within only a few moments, I felt this feeling of utter peace well up from deep inside of me, almost like a tide coming in. It was spectacular. It also gave me the strength to keep working diligently until my work was finished. Yes, it was difficult, but it was so worth it in so many ways. Yes, I learned a lot from it, and it can help advance my career... but most importantly, is that in working hard, I can truly feel and appreciate that rest when it does come. If you rested all the time, you wouldn't know what a good God-given rest was if it came and sat on your head. But when you work hard and diligently, you may be exhausted afterward, but don't you enjoy and revel in that godly rest that much more?

Lord, thank You for this day. Thank You for helping me to get everything done on time, and thank You for this rest! Please watch over my family and friends, and I pray that they also have the opportunities to experience hard work so that they may also experience Your rest. I ask that You also keep them safe and strong, happy and healthy. Lord, please cleanse me of my sins, and continue to guide me through life. And please continue to keep me working so that I can continue to enjoy resting with You! I shall walk with You and keep You in my heart forever, Lord. I will love You with all of my heart and soul forever and ever! In Jesus' name, Amen.


Love and God Bless,
M.C.