Ahhhhh, a rest!!

As I previously wrote, I was watching Rick Pino leading worship at the Florida Outpouring and he sang a little diddy "We have the best Dad in the whole world"! Well, my 'Dad" outdid Himself again this weekend. He gave my hubby and I some much needed R&R with incredible friends of ours. God didn't just give us great friends, but great friends with an incredible cabin hidden high up in the mountains. No TV, no phones, gorgeous scenery, and sounds of nature.

There are so many reasons this couple we spent the weekend with are incredible and it's not because the have a cabin. It's because they have hearts like "Dads". They express their love for us, they get smiles on their faces when we can spend time together. They share "secrets" of their hearts. and want to know the secrets of our hearts. We are at similar stages in our lives, a "little" older, but wanting to be 'teenagers' in the Spirit! We are all learning new things about the King and His Kingdom and whenever we're together, it takes us hours to share it all with each other! This weekend was one of those times. We shared stories, laughed, cried, ate, walked, napped, ate again, shared the Word, worshipped, and ate again! The food and fellowship filled us up in more ways than one! We came into Rest! The Lord is Rest! We rested in the Lord! Our bodies came to rest, our spirits came to rest, our minds came to peace and rest!

It's true that we rested from our work, our daily labors, but the real reason we found such a wonderful rest is our hearts and minds were placed on 'Dad'. In Psalms 62:5 David says, Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him.

Whenever you are in a weary place, you can find rest if you bring your soul (mind, will and emotions) to God. He alone brings all things into rest because He is rest. You can be at rest too. In the tabernacle in the wilderness, God Presence, His Glory, the place of rest was found between the cherabim over the Mercy Seat. Jesus is the Mercy Seat of God, the Presence, Glory and rest of God. When we receive Christ, we literally sit in the Mercy seat, the Presence, Glory and rest of God for we are hidden in Christ. (Colossians 3:3)

Thanks, 'Dad', for the great rest. You're the best 'Dad' in the whole world!