We all need rest from time to time. Our bodies can’t keep going at top speed every hour of the day. We need to take breaks, naps, and get a good night’s sleep to help us rejuvenate. However, many of us do not do this for our spirits, which are in just as much need of rest. Our thoughts and emotions can take a lot out of us and we need to remember to rest our minds and hearts in God. Only He can renew our spirits when they labor with unanswered questions or are heavy with sorrows. Our passions, including our sensible devotion to God, wax and wane over the course of our lives. This is natural and we should not worry about the dry spells in our spiritual life. Sometimes God wants us simply to rest in Him and trust that He will provide for our spirits the energy we need at the time it is needed. There are many ways for us to rest our spirits. We can pray simply, listen in silence to God, or even spend time sitting quietly in the presence of the Lord during Adoration or after Mass.
What do we do to rest in the Lord? Do we come to Jesus when we are laboring or being burdened? How do we handle spiritual dryness?
O Lord, give us rest from our labors and burdens.
Amen.
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