Broken, broken
is the world. And bad things are happening to good people because of
that brokenness. We long, we moan, we feel irritated by every day we
didn't reach the goal. We sacrifice our health and other resources in
order to get a micro tiny bit closer to that goal. - Rest. That goal is
rest. We think of luxurious landscapes and fashionable hotels. We
imagine a perfect cocktail and maybe a one-night perfect human. We
daydream of unending finances and head -spinning fame. We think of the
time when we finish college, when we get married, when we divorce, when
we earn our first million, when we get rid of an addiction, when we have
a house, when we kill ourselves, when we donate all wealth to the
poor... and then we find rest. Methods can very. But the goal is one -
finding rest. Obtaining rest.
Little
do we know, that that "secret power" that we take as a force power to
take great decisions and do great actions, primarily and originally was
for us to find rest. We all contain that "secret desire" to be known, be
accepted, be understood, be loved. Both of those, the power and the
desire, are primarily and originally pointing us to our Comforter -
Jesus Christ. By Him and His sacrifice we live. Live as we "programmed"
to live: be known, be accepted, be understood, be loved.
He
is our rest. And He is that way because when we accept Him we do find
rest. Suddenly it feels like everything in life is solved. It seems like
all is good and I can go through anything. It gives such an
encouragement that forces us to be inspired. And by that inspiration I
mean knowing that we are loved. And when I personally know that I am
loved - I feel at peace. I feel that I can rest.
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