to all who labor

It is good to become conscious to the sound of rainfall. It is good to become conscious and be completely at rest. My body was heavy with the weight of the sleep I needed so badly, but through the fog as I woke, I welcomed to sounds telling me I was conscious-alive.

Awake and nothing pressing me. Awake and nothing waiting to be done. Just rest. And rainfall.

God created rest for us. He worked for six days on his masterwork-on his creation-and on the seventh day he rested. I doubt he was weary from his work-He's God! But I think he rested because he knew it was, like all his creation, good. He knew that we, unlike him, would toil and strive and weary ourselves with work and worry and need rest, so as a gift of love he gave it to us. And then, because his love is infinite and beyond our understanding, he created rest to the sound of rainfall, rest in the warmth of sunshine, rest in the shade of a rustling tree.

"Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” (Matthew 11:28-30)