Yesterday was one of those days. We attended worship, then had a quiet lunch and went home. Turned on the tube, and NBC was offering part of the Olympic games, a volley ball match between two Chinese girls and two girls from Greece. The stadium was filled, it was raining quite hard and that was NBC. Crazy, isn’t it?
On the way home we pass an art piece called “The Dreamer”, on the corner of the Woodlands Parkway and Panther Creek Dr. It shows a lad lying on his back, eyes half closed, legs crossed, feet bare, hands behind his head, just dreaming.
Why not a ‘nothing’ sort of day, when we just relax, lie back, and just dream? Watch the clouds, guess their shape, drifting slowly cross the sky. The Preacher says there is “a time to keep silent.”
Do we always need to be busy? I think of one father, walking through the kitchen , sees his son sitting at the table with a glass of milk and says, “What are your plans for today?” Son replies, “to do absolutely nothing’. “Good” says the father, “I want you to clean out the garage”. Says the son, “You have a way of spoiling every plan, dad”.
Yes, life is real, life is earnest, but there ought to be time for this sort of thing too. For out of such quiet times often come the best thoughts. And in such moments we get back to understanding that God is yet here caring. Jesus urged his disciples,“28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.“ Matthew 11,28-30.
The same Caring Lord also said, ‘Come ye aside and rest awhile”.
Here’s a thought. Have a sort of ‘nothing’ day or an hour, see what happens. It may give your life an entirely different perspective. May God bless the work.
GPD 8/11/08
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