Embracing a rhythm of rest means seeing God as sufficient and letting go of your own claim to that attribute.– Adam Mabry in The Art of Rest
Men will never worship God with a sincere heart, or be roused to fear and obey him with sufficient zeal, until they properly understand how much they are indebted to his mercy.– John Calvin
We refuse to rest because, at some deep level, we’re convinced that if we stop, the thing for which we’re really living won’t be fed, pleased, or procured.– Adam Mabry in The Art of Rest
God never sleeps. God has been alert, fully functioning, and perfectly attentive for every single nanosecond of history. What’s more, not sleeping has never caused him to become anything less than perfect for even a moment. I get grumpy and irritable when I have to wake up half an hour early; God has never slept, yet remains utterly flawless.
– Geoff Robson in Thank God for Bedtime
We are busy because we try to do too many things. We do too many things because we say yes to too many people. We say yes to all these people because we want them to like us and we fear their disapproval.
– Kevin DeYoung in Crazy Busy
The willingness to lie down and sleep is itself an expression of trust in the sovereign hand of God.– Adrian Reynolds in And So To Bed…
The refusal to stop is a refusal to accept our creatureliness. It is a subtle rejection of God’s ability to rule his world, rescue his people, and rejuvenate them along the way.
– Adam Mabry in The Art of Rest
The psalmist tells us we are “fearfully and wonderfully made.” We were knit together in our mother’s womb by the delicate hands of God. Our bodies are not amorphous lumps that we shape and sculpt into our own self-image – they are diving gifts, given to us by God himself.
– Matthew Lee Anderson in Earthen Vessels
There is a time for work and there is a time for rest and recreation. We can dishonor God by working without rest or exercise just as much as we can by resting and exercising without working. The key to learning how to redeem the time is learning how to hold every activity of life in proper proportion, to know what is appropriate for what occasion, and to do it all to the glory of the triune God.
– Ryan McGraw in How Should I Manage Time?
To be in His presence is everything you could desire, everything you could hope for. This is the apex. This is heaven’s heaven – to be with Christ, to be His bride, to be in perfect communion with Him, to enjoy knowing Him and seeing Him and loving Him and praising Him and communing with Him uninterrupted – forever basking in His smile and bathing in His glory and feasting in His presence…
– Joel Beeke in How Should We Consider Christ in Affliction?
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