Recharged

This was me last week:

This is me now:

All it takes is letting yourself soak in God's grace and love. It takes surrounding yourself with a community that loves Jesus and loves you. It is more than sleeping for more hours, or actually eating meals, or having a break from working. Yes, I think it is part of the "rest aspect," the idea of sabbath. However, it is coming to the Lord and letting the Holy Spirit fill you through reading Scripture, praying, and being in solitude.

I have had the blessing to spend time with my friends, and then with a family at a cozy home (last night I got to see the stars!!!), and will be returning to Chicago tomorrow to do lesson planning, and then enjoying Jesus' victory over death on Sunday with a friend from elementary that lives in Chicago!

While reading His Word this week, God gave me this verse in Psalm 18:

For who is God, but the Lord?
    And who is a rock, except our God?—
³² the God who equipped me with strength
    and made my way blameless.
³³ He made my feet like the feet of a deer
    and set me secure on the heights.
³⁴ He trains my hands for war,
    so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

If we obey and take that step of faith (yes both faith and obedience going alongside), God strengthens us, guides us to His blameless, perfect way, protects us, and equips us for battle. This week, I re-found it. And am ready to find myself in trusting in His power everyday.


Needless to say, I am ready for next week! Ready to share His love. Ready to apply my learned lesson of finding rest in Him everyday in the mist of busyness.