On the seventh day, God rested. We, who are created in God's image are to follow the pattern that God set for the world by taking time to rest, to worship, to praise, to be present to what God is unfolding around each of us. It is deeply sacred to not be accessible via cell phone, to not have your phone constantly buzzing in your pocket with email, text messages, facebook messages, and phone calls. It allows a deeper, restorative rest. My time at Fisherman's Island State Park was spent welcoming the sunlight of the day, a new freshness each morning, and saying "Bye, Sun" each night. Everywhere I looked was a reminder of God's goodness in creation each morning and night, through laughter, joy, play, naps, paddling, and time around the fire. The challenge coming back from a week of vacation is to keep the pace of honoring sabbath time and taking time to rest daily in God's presence, just as "Bye Sun" happened every night, hammock time, sitting with my journal reflecting, and praying, the practice of sabbath must continue for a healthy relationship with God, to allow God's instruction to pour over my life. I wonder, what pattern of rest is God calling you to this month as the season changes? Where are you finding rest in God's Holy Presence?
Together in ministry,
Pastor Kayla
