Finding Rest for Your Weary Soul

I see the weariness etched on your face. Shadows lingering under your eyes and a slowness to your every step.

Sometimes you feel the weariness deep in your bones, don’t you? The blanketing fog makes thinking all the more difficult.

I know you want rest. You’re not wearing busyness as an adornment. But life circumstances hinder your options for rest right now.

Sometimes it’s true, rest doesn’t come easy.

I remember when I didn’t know how to find rest and when no one around me seemed to understand.

“You need more rest,” they would tell me.

Yet they couldn’t know what my day-to-day entailed.

They didn’t know life as a new adoptive Mama of a child with significant special needs. I couldn’t wrap my mind around our recently turned upside down world of doctors, therapists, specialists, and hospitals, much less expect others to understand.

It was something I had to learn. A season of preparation for the next leg of the journey where I think God was teaching me to fight for my

daughter,

family,

marriage,

… and my rest.

I’m not sure of your life situation right now. Maybe it’s caring for a special needs child or an elderly parent. Maybe you are a newly single Mom or navigating grief. The possibilities are many and the struggle to find rest is real.

I wish I could tell you it’s as easy as getting away each day for some “you” time while securing 8 hours of sleep and maintaining a healthy diet.

Yes, those are beneficial, but they don’t ease the heavy burden of your day-to-day. And friends, I get the reality of your life. 5-hour nights and pizza AGAIN might be your best right now.

So, how do we find rest when it doesn’t come easy?

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