Work does not begin with work.

God’s work must begin from rest.

It then moves out from rest to

     Power and performance.

            Work that does not start with rest is

            Work without Christ’s approval or

                 Participation.

Life is confusing, insolvable

         Pressures of this realm load us up

         With expectations and feverish works.

Need screams your name.

Duty puts strings on your hands and makes a puppet of you.

Affections tie your heart in knots of obligation.

And the temptation is to move, move quickly, so much to do!

       "A crisis! It is waiting – and I’m the

          only one who can do it!"

Time seems inadequate to cover the task and

          Energy, meager for the size3 of the demand!

Rest is the first step of work, the beginning of

What is a process. To find your particular work

And to shed false labors, takes

        An intense search for your destiny and

        That is only found…in stillness before Him.

        Making Jesus Lord and Master – and initiator –

               Of your deeds.

Jesus declared His last human words, "It is finished."

In that Divine Declaration,

  The entire human dilemma was solved,

     Sin conquered

     Death defeated…but these were not

Our only two problems! There was also the problem of

     Life and life is made up of work

The curse on the ground was broken and

        Jesus Himself solved the human

             Problem of work by

        The most amazing solution!

He would perform our work Himself.

        This is our Sabbath rest.

        He works, we rest.

God’s quiet call is simply to come to Him…

      And cease striving.

You must unburden before you can take up

        His undistorted burden.

By simply coming, to take off that human load

         And lay it on His Divine Shoulders,

Only then can you bear the divine Yoke.

Come to Him _ sit at His feet and let Him sort through

         The maze of your demands and worries.

         Let Him eliminate what is not yours

         And separate the possible from the irrational.

Rest is a place to live, one to which you

    Must return every day,

       Because of the wandering human will and

          Its propensity to slide into

           Ridiculous efforts.

This is the genius of Mary.

      She would not move until she rested with Jesus.

      She refused to be the puppet of human madness.

      Her will was set and fiercely fixed on Him.

              And her calm was the proof of it.

              No one could pressure or shame her out of it.

You have nothing to give TO Him

           Until you are filled WITH Him…

I hope you find and enjoy the Lord's rest... Love Jennifer