Join me today for 5 Minute Friday with The Gypsy Mama where we write for five minutes on a given topic. No editing. No criticism. No worry. Today’s topic is: Rest
Yesterday I was running. Running for the race of my dreams. Running so I would be prepared in a few weeks to cross over the finish line after 13.1 miles. Four miles earlier strength and speed were my friend. Now they were just reminding me of how truly weak I am. My legs were weary, but my soul became wearier.
In my ears I hear a story, coming straight from the pastor on my IPod, of a man named Elijah who God gave strength, protection, and nourishment. But at the end of the day Elijah was weary too, and yelled out, “Please, take my life, God. I am weary and no good!”
As my legs continued to pound on the pavement toward my dream, I did not look back at the four miles God had brought me through, I just looked ahead at the miles that I still was not.
And my soul was weary. Weary from always striving be more without looking back at who I once was and from where God has brought me.
As the story goes on, Elijah stops. He sleeps and eats under a tree, and he stops. He stops striving, he stops pondering, he stops fretting. He finds rest in his soul through the rest of his mind and body.
For the remainder of my run I no longer looked forward. I looked back at the strength God had already given me. Then I found rest with my soul.
Scripture Reference: 1 Kings 18-19
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Where do you find rest for your soul?
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