Intentional Rest: Recovering Ourselves
Hey Everyone! I hope you all enjoyed the first post on this new series. I definitely enjoyed writing it and I hope it led to acknowledging your own need for rest. But it's not enough for us to stop at acknowledgment - change and action are needed. When I was at my busiest and weakest, I noticed a few things about myself that I didn't like. I looked horrible! I was losing hair, I was breaking out in acne and my eczema would flare up. I didn't have enough sleep and grew designer bags under my eyes. I was not taking care of myself, I looked horrible and I was exhausted. I'm sure a lot of you can relate. Without rest, we become monsters. We try to cover all these things with make up, drink more coffee, and put on a smile more often just to convince ourselves we still got it. But we all know it's not sustainable. We all know that it's not helping us. It won't grow us. Even though I am a pastor's kid, I never knew or understood the importance of the Sabbat...