Blessed Savior, I am not good at resting in the hollow of your hand.
Nothing in my experience has taught me this resting.
I have been taught how to take charge.
I have been taught how to be in control.
But how to rest?
No, I have no models, no paradigms for resting.
That is not exactly right.
Jesus, when you walked among Jerusalem crowds and in the Judean hills,
you pioneered this way of living.
You were always alert and alive.
You lived utterly responsive to the will of the Father.
Manifold demands were placed upon you,
and you still worked in unhurried peace and power.
Help me to walk in your steps.
Teach me to see only what you see,
to say only what you say,
to do only what you do.
Help me, Lord, to work resting and to pray resting.
I ask this in your good and strong name. – Amen
Richard Foster, 1942- , Quaker theologian and author
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Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens,
and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you,
because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”
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