Slow Down...You Move Too Fast

What a busy week! I went from watching over a sickly dog to running full throttle ahead, but it was fun. Yet, it's time to come back to where there is balance in my life. I've been planting ferns and flowers, going to yard sales looking for treasures, riding bikes and walking with friends, cooking new recipes I've never tried before, luncheons with friends, some evening lady parties, taking photographs and sending them to loved ones, visiting with strangers who are terminal and encouraging them, it just goes on and on. God has a lot for us to do. And if I try to do it in my strength, I can get tired real quickly. Even when I was questioned about being a Jesus freak by a friend I've know from the bank I worked at, I just laughed and we ended up having a conversation about the issues going on with a daughter of his who is suicidal. People are suffering. But maybe I am a bit too (I hate this word) preachy. So, I have resolved to simply slow down, love as much as I can and forgive as quick as I can, and work as unto the Lord as best as I can. However, I need to rest when I can and pray for peace. All around me are sisters hurting, friends needing jobs, people struggling with addictions and loved ones grieving. If I can just help one, I pray I can. Like that song that goes "if we are the body, why aren't our hands reaching". All of us have a part, no matter how small to try to encourage each other and help. Yet, we have to rest and breathe in His peace, and exhale our fear and stress. Life is great. God is good. All the time. Yet God did create a Sabbath rest. Not necessarily Saturday, but if that is your day where you can rest, then rest. Read a book, go for a stroll, movie, picnic. Enjoy nature, music, life. Get to feeling groovy all over again. Put away thoughts of what needs to be done. Focus on your heart beating, your pets happiness, the roof over your head He blessed you with. Take time to meditate on His word...to be still and know that He is God. Try it. I am.