Finding Rest in the Lover of Our Soul

   

     Whew. It has been a super hectic week. So many assignments, tests, quizzes and life itself was thrown at me, eager to see how I would react- but I wouldn't have it any other way. Now, I don't mean to say that I enjoy hardship and ask for it, but I do try to rejoice in the trials because God has placed them there for a reason, and "God wastes nothing, even the bad stuff".

      Through the week, God has stood true to me in showing me that He really never will forsake me and that He is always there to supply the precious reassurance I often need. I recently created a little prayer journal without lines- for the art :-). From there, I hopped on Pinterest as I so often do, ( you can follow me here; no shame in a little self-promo). After doing so, I looked at my board titles " s o u l   f o o d" and started drawing and writing my favourites. This was one of the greatest ideas, for several reasons. My favourite of the reasons is that whenever I want the Lord to speak to me and provide the afore-mentioned reassurance, I can open up my journal, and believe me- God speaks.

     An example: I was feeling super stressed out yesterday over a quiz that I only felt partially prepared for, and I had been worried about it for a little while, although I had already prayed about it (oops). So before I headed out to the bus, I asked God to speak to me about the situation. I opened up the journal. The first page stated, "rejoice". I was satisfied enough with that, although finding it a little vague, so I looked at the page next to it, and there it was; "Lord forgive me, for picking up what I already left at Your feet." I already left it at the feet of the King, and all I needed to do was trust. I took the quiz, felt stable and that was the end of that. I tried my best and let God do the rest because His word never returns void, is alive and well, and never fails.

     That brings me to my point. Finding rest in God is essential and so easy to do, because the Lord waits for us with open arms, and all we have to do is settle down, nestle up and receive the peace that passeth all understanding. Resting in Christ and His promises, makes all of life's troubles seem so small in the vastness of the Savior. "God's love is meteoric, His loyalty astronomic, His purpose titanic, His verdicts oceanic, yet in His largeness, nothing gets lost".

     Whether you're laying in your bed, in the bathroom, sitting in class or whatever it is; it's never a bad time to take one second to ask God to be filled with peace and to receive rest. God freely gives to all.

stay blessed,

rebecca.