Resting Place

"I know you often grow weary. I hear your heartfelt cry for more energy to make it through each day. You, My tired princess, must trust Me with all your many worries and responsibilities. Rest when I tell you to. I am your heavenly Father, and I know what My girl needs. So listen to the One who loves you the most and knows all about you. I want you to take a step of faith by setting aside a day each week to rest from all your work. If you obey Me in this, I will multiply your time and supernatually energize your efforts to get everything done in the following days. Welcome this opportunity to give your mind, body, and spirit a rest. Consider it My love gift to you, and relax in Me!

Love, Your King and your Resting Place"

( I got this from a book that I have been reading along with my devos called His Princess, Love Letters from Your King. It is filled with topic after topic of things that God is saying to us as Christian women that are encouraging and stuff. Each "letter" has a verse that it is based from. I like it. I think there is another book out there that is Love Letters from Your Prince which would be stuff from Jesus. I would like to have that one some day but for now, this is good.)

Isn't that comforting? To know that we can find a resting place in Him, the One with big, open arms ready to scoop us up and hold us tight. There are times when I just want to lay down and just give up on whatever it is that I was doing. Matthew 11:28 says, "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” We don't have to quit. God doesn't want us to quit. He wants us to take all our problems and things weighing us down to Him so that He can help us through them and help us conquer them. So just remember, the next time you feel as if you can't go on or you just don't know where to turn, look to God and look in His Word. Seek Him for strength and fly like an eagle :)