Reflection

“I feel like God on the Seventh Day.” –Dorothy Sayers

Prayer

Source of rest,

Many of us serving in health care are chronically deprived of that soul-satisfying, life-giving, body-renewing kind of rest that we need to feel whole and complete. We pray especially today for colleagues who are especially weary right now. Bless them with peace beyond understanding and remind each of us again of your own example of labor followed by rest. Help us discover new opportunities to enter your sabbath, even if only in brief spans of time. Maximize every opportunity by your spirit, so that our service for others will be as life-giving for us as it is for those we have the privilege of serving each and every day. Amen.

Call to Action

Where do I best experience a sense of genuine and life-giving rest? Make a commitment to schedule some time so I can enter that place of rest and find refreshment.