“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30

The clock beside my bed said it was 9:34am. My first thought was, “WOW! I haven’t slept this late in YEARS! My normal time to start working on the God Morning Words of the Day is 7:30am. There was NO way I could get to it in time. Besides, the bed felt REALLY comfortable. As I lay there a few more moments, I had a sense of His peace, then decided to take a break!

I remembered going to bed the night before, TOTALLY exhausted. Last week, along with our normal vocational duties, we added “paint inside of house” to our list. Extra time requirements, and choices to do some other things, made sleep more of an extracurricular activity. I find that age, activity and sleep have some sort of mathematical connection as well.

Sleep is required by all mammals, though I’ve never really understood why. Today’s Bible verse tells us we were MADE to rest, though humans are the only species that willingly delay sleep… a choice that has zero benefit. I was surprised to find out that today, 75% of us dream in color. Before color television, just 15% of us did, proving what we see CAN determine our ‘ZZZZZZ’s.’

I have today’s Bible verse memorized out of boredom. As a kid, I had to sit in church and listen to my dad preach. Heck… I listened to him all the time! Looking for something ELSE to shift my attention, I read the Bulletin. In those days, the 1 side of the bulletin came to the church quarterly. Mom typed and printed the inside. So for 3 months, I read today’s verse!

Now that I am older, I look back on those days and smile. How was I to know that I was being built into a man who has a lot of ‘boring’ Bible stuff stuffed in my brain. What a blessing it is to KNOW that no matter how things look right now, there is a PERSON and place where I can go and find rest and peace from my burdens. How about you? Do YOU find your rest in Jesus?