July 22
Work-Rest Balance
"Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest."
— Exodus 23:12
Lord of the Sabbath,
Work is important, but rest is just as important. Yet I tend to glorify work and neglect rest, as if rest were wasted time.
Teach me the balance between work and rest. To work with commitment when it's time, to rest without guilt when I need it. One nourishes the other.
May I understand that rest is not wasted time but time invested in my health, my creativity, my relationships. I am more productive when I am rested.
Amen.
Work is important, but rest is just as important. Yet I tend to glorify work and neglect rest, as if rest were wasted time.
Teach me the balance between work and rest. To work with commitment when it's time, to rest without guilt when I need it. One nourishes the other.
May I understand that rest is not wasted time but time invested in my health, my creativity, my relationships. I am more productive when I am rested.
Amen.
Reflection
Does your life lean too much toward work, or have you found balance? How can you honor your need for rest?
For all those who exhaust themselves at work and neglect rest.
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