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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Haydon Spenceley

How did you sleep?

Good morning.

I hope, if you were trying to, that you rested well last night. Rest doesn鈥檛 come too easily to me. Whatever I try, consistent and uninterrupted through the night sleep eludes me. Usually by a Thursday I am reaching a point of tiredness somewhat greater than that which I felt on Monday morning. You would think I would learn by now but I never seem to follow the example of Jesus in this regard. He travelled considerable distances, working extremely hard and making huge amounts of time for people (which itself must have been highly taxing on energy, but through it all he rested, regularly and as a priority.

As we begin to move through the school holidays that will have impacted many of us, have we made or found time to rest to be refreshed for what is to come? If the rhythm of your life no longer revolves around educational terms, have you made a priority for renewal and making ready which will enable you for the long haul ahead? These are questions I鈥檓 asking myself this summer, too. I want to learn to let myself rest. It was something which God instructed us to do. We鈥檙e not made to keep going till we drop. I hope I prioritise finding time to rest today.

Lord, thank you for your promise that those who love and follow you will find rest in life with you. Help us to do that today and help us to enable those around us to rest, too.

Amen.