Tired? ...take a LIFE-LEAVE

Somewhere it’s written, “God rested the seventh day, having completed his work,” but in this other text he says, “They’ll never be able to sit down and rest. – Paul (The apostle)

The world demands so much from us. Indeed the demands on today’s adult far outweigh those our parents carried. I guess it brings to life the words, “to whom much is given much is expected”. We have been given much and so much is expected from us.

So many eyes look to us to produce results that we know within us are presently unrealizable. Parents look to us to make “many” money and solve all the family problems, they look to us to produce children that will make them grandparents - grand parenting is a class of its own these days.

Our ailing society looks to us and groaning the words, “Save Our Souls!” so loudly that our shut ears can hear clearly.

Our workplaces set obviously improbable goals and make the prayers we said the preceding morning seem as though they had fallen on divine deaf ears.

So we yearn for holidays – weekends or work leaves or maternity leaves – it does not matter which because we want any. Unfortunately, we get them and they fizzle away in an instant leaving us with the same burdened disposition we had before they came.

What we need is a LIFE-LEAVE! We all need our lives to rest while we get to do ALL we have to do.

How? 

First, get this into your brain: you are NOT going to solve all the world’s problems! Trying to solve all the problems of all the people you know is the fastest vehicle to failure, dissatisfaction and burden.

Second, seek for peace in your spirit. Shut the noisy world around you and create an atmosphere of quiet and serenity for your spirit. The peace within will grant peace without.

Third, understand that God wants you to have rest. Mathew Alphaeus quotes him as once saying: “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest.” (The Message)

This "real rest" is the Life-Leave we need.