of rest and stillness...

so it is Friday.. i've been looking forward to this day all week now. No, not that i did not enjoy what i did all week, but it's just that i've been having particularly long (12-hour) days and an extremely tight schedule all week.

i happen to work for a non-profit organization that also runs a summer day camp. so during summers, i kick into fifth gear and run around from dawn till dusk in a bid to shrink my somehow-self-replenishing to-do lists (pertaining to both - my regular job + my camp job)..

while i love what i do, i also long for the quiet. i turned down multiple requests to step out during the weekend, just because all i wanted to do was stay in at home and just listen to music or write some more music. i've told myself that all summer, i am going to be intentional about resting. i could read, write, create music, listen to some, or even just sit and talk with family (one of my favorite things to do - quality time person that i am)

there's something about just sitting still that calms my nerves, recharges my batteries, inspires creativity and enhances productivity soonafter.

i believe God knew that because He Himself rested on the seventh day after getting done with the monumental feat of creating the entire universe - i don't believe that He needed to rest, really. He is God - the Creator of the universe - the Source of energy - He has surplus of it..

He rested in order to show us that we were designed to rest and recharge after laboring hard.

so..

.. i'm at rest.