To rest is a special kind of power”
Isaiah 30:15
“You say confess your sins.. Okay, and fair enough—but maybe I’m saved a little every time a I rest my eyes.” p. 148
“To cultivate habits of rest, we must discern what noise has found a way to penetrate our soul.” p. 150
“In this way the silence of God, which is so often mistaken for abandonment, may be a gift to those of us who cannot steady our sons in the vibrations of test world’s clangor.” p. 150
“Rest is not the reward of our liberation, nor something we lay hold of once we are free. It is the path that delivers us there.” p. 151
“I have to believe that if we didn’t need to protect ourselves, we would be prone to avoiding rest.” p. 152
Labor is not a gift, its a means to an end, not an avenue for flourishing p. 152
“We sleep and regenerate. Our cells begin a sacred rhythm of repair and release. And when we wake we are more whole, less inflamed, more aware. And, of course, we sleep, that we might dream.” All things promise to us in scripture. p. 153
“If Christ walked away, so can I.” p. 153
“I see the longing and despair all noun die and I think of Christ, lying in a boat with his head on a pillow while the waves cross their craft around. Everyone is frantic, thinking death itself has come for them, and the creator of the universe is fast asleep. Glory.” p. 153-154
God was in the silence, Be still and Know that I am God
“Tricia Hersey says ‘to not rest is really being violent toward your body, to align yourself with a system that say your body doesn’t’ belong to you, keep working, you are simply a tool for our production.’” p. 155-156.
“What if God doesn’t always want to use you? What if sometimes God just wants to be with you?” p. 156
“People think the sabbath is antiquated; I think it will save us from ourselves.” p. 156
“we will not be owned…we will be free and we will be dreaming.” p. 157
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