Let Your Heart Return to Rest

My dear son,

As you finish this day, I want to tell your heart that it may rest now. I am the Father who treats you generously. Pause your movements and let your body and mind settle comfortably.

Think with me about the precious gift of life. Rely on the grace that helps you through tears and stumbling, and cherish the time you have to live. I treasure your life as you walk before me.

You do not have to prepare perfectly for tomorrow to earn rest tonight. Leave with me what passes beyond your hands today. Relax beside your generous Father, and receive the sleep and rest you need.

With all my love,
Your Father

Psalms 116:7–9

WEB

7Return to your rest, my soul, for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.
8For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
9I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

A short reflection

Remembering deliverance from death, tears, and stumbling, the psalmist calls his soul to rest and resolves to walk before God among the living.

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