The past few weekends, I have noticed Katelyn has longed to be home. One of the weeks, Brandon and Sophie ran an errand and Katelyn and I stayed home (primarily because she wouldn't get out of her pajamas after being asked multiple times). She was whining and complaining before they left, but after they left her whining was gone. She seemed content to simply be at home. I then realized maybe it was a good idea that we just sit for a while. I am home most of the week while she is gone around 50 hours a week (mainly school and church). We sat on the couch together and I just held her while we read some books. Then I just held her. There was no TV on. No music playing. We just sat in the stillness.
This past weekend was a repeat again. Whining, complaining, and staying in her pajamas after being told to get dressed so we could leave. I once again decided she needed me to stop what I was doing and just hold her. There was a bit more noise this week because I ended up holding both Katelyn and Sophie, but they both enjoyed it and just rested. After a busy week, it seemed to be what they and I both needed.
As I started to reflect on how much Katelyn needed to stop and sit still with me, I began to think about how God wants me to sit with Him. Not just a quick time alone with Him, but rather He wants me to rest in Him. There have been so many weeks lately where I have been on the go… traveling to see family, hanging out with friends, teaching/volunteering at church, going to social events, etc. My spiritual body knows I am missing something.
I think in the midst of those weeks when I am gone and when I am very busy, I need to take time to be held. Maybe I am tired, maybe I am whining, maybe I am complaining, maybe I am physically exhausted or mentally exhausted. The Father is waiting to hold me. He is waiting to just sit on the couch for a while with me. He is waiting with open arms and ready for me to put everything on hold and pause in the silence. He is waiting to be by my side as I read His Word down on the floor of my room or sitting at the kitchen table. Or even as I close my eyes in my bed and I give Him all my cares, worries, doubts, fears, lists, whines, gripes, complaints and fall asleep and simply rest in Him.
Is it time for you to sit with the Father for a while?
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest," Matthew 11:28.
