Today I am joining my friends and Lisa-Jo again for Five Minute Friday. If you’re new here (welcome!) the rules are simple: Write, don’t edit, link your post to her page, and then share the encouragement like wildfire. You can do that, I know you can. The prompt this week is: RestAs I link up with my friends at Lisa's place I am amazed at some to the words these writers share and how quickly they write. I always try to stay up so that I can get the prompt as soon as Lisa post it which is normally around midnight on Thursday night. However, even when I see the word the words just do not seem to flow as easily or quickly as I would like them to. I have to chew on it for a while. Digest it into my heart. And today's word was no exception. Rest could mean so many different things but our first thought is of time away, doing nothing, just relaxing. We expect to come away from a time of rest refilled and rejuvenated. That is not always the case,
Earlier this year I have to have surgery the required me to rest for a few weeks. Doctor's orders were to 'just lay around and do nothing.' I was sore from the procedure but I was also very worn down by the stresses of life so I took his directions to heart. For two weeks I did nothing. I didn't go to work, cook, wash clothes or dishes. When it was time for me to begin taking back on my normal daily activity I was surprised at the fact that I was still very very tired. It was no longer a physical weakness. Nor was it even an emotional tiredness. It was a type of tired I have not really know before. I have been struggling with it for weeks now. At times it is not as heavy on me as it is at others but it never goes away. I just have not been able to put my finger on where it was coming from, That is until yesterday as I was folding clothes. (Yes God has a sense of humor. One of the things I dislike doing the most gave me my answer).
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| RU? halfhearted ~ wholehearted |
That is it.
That is the struggle that is making me so tired.
I am tired of just being halfhearted.
I am tired of comparing what I know God expected to the looks of other that don't understand.
I am tired of only following God when it is convenient of my life.
I AM TIRED !!!!!!!
Today I want to learn to just simply rest.
To rest in Him.
What about you? R U Halfhearted ~ Wholehearted?
What is it that is making you so tired ?
"My presences will go with you, and I will give you rest"
Exodus 33:14
This is very close to what my thoughts were as I wrote about rest (my first time in the Five Minute Friday linkup!) Just to rest in Him... Halfhearted/vs. wholehearted is a great picture. My epiphany would probably have come while doing dishes!
ReplyDeleteIt takes such an effort on my part to just rest in Him sometimes and to be wholehearted. Thanks for stopping by Harmony.
DeleteIt took me years (and will probably take me even longer) to truly understand the importance on relying on God at all times. We pray when we're scared, we pray when there are bad things happening, but how often do we pray to thank Him when our lives our good? All of this, is a learning process. I hope you find the rest you need <3
ReplyDeletePraying in the good time does not come a quickly as in the bad does it??
DeleteI love that shirt and am glad the Lord used something so mundane as folding clothes to speak to you. Thanks for stopping by my blog!
ReplyDeleteI love the shirt too and I have kind of claimed it as my own from my son, he just don't know it yet. That is what he gets for leaving it behind.
DeleteHe is right here waiting in the weakness of our half-hearts, ready to make them whole! Praying for your rest as well!
ReplyDeleteYes He is always there waiting on us to turn to him.
DeleteReminds me of a worship song by Forever Jones called "He Wants It All" and doesn't he just. "Half-hearted" or "whole-hearted". It's easy to think we can do all with a divided heart, but we can't. Thanks for gentle reminders just when needed. Praying your strength be restored in him.
ReplyDeleteThank you for stopping by ans for your prayers
DeleteI've found that resting in my Father is something I often do half-hearted...pushing that time with Him further and further down the list of priorities. Even though this week's word was hard to process (I'm like you and sometimes have to think it over) I think it was a good reminder and one I definitely needed, too! Thank you for sharing your heart today...blessings, friend! Have a great weekend! :)
ReplyDeleteI wish I wasn't so half-hearted as often as I am but thanks to Five Min Friday, God-Sized dreams and all my blog friends God has placed in my life (like you) I am learning to focus more on Him in my everyday life.
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