Restless
Have you ever had a day where you've been restless? Today is my day for being restless. Yesterday I felt though my work has been difficult I could take on the world and would be able to do so without missing a beat. Today was a different story.
For the first time in my career I actually have vacation time that I must take or will lose. I need to be in the office to manage this issue but yet the office is the LAST place I wanted to be today or the rest of this week. I know that I have a week and a half coming where I won't have to answer an email, think about work, or even talk work if I don't want to and I'm just restless. I had difficulty concentrating at work; the day has labored on with my inability to shake a headache despite taking medication; I'm overwhelmed knowing that the entire program I'm working on is unraveling and to top it off....I'm struggling with several things in my personal life.
It's interesting though...I was stumbling and came across the following quote by Augustine, "Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in Thee."
So, I have my answer to my restlessness...I need to find rest in God. Though this is an answer I have known for as long as I can remember it some times takes trying times in our lives to remember these things.
"My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken. Psalm 62:1-2
For the first time in my career I actually have vacation time that I must take or will lose. I need to be in the office to manage this issue but yet the office is the LAST place I wanted to be today or the rest of this week. I know that I have a week and a half coming where I won't have to answer an email, think about work, or even talk work if I don't want to and I'm just restless. I had difficulty concentrating at work; the day has labored on with my inability to shake a headache despite taking medication; I'm overwhelmed knowing that the entire program I'm working on is unraveling and to top it off....I'm struggling with several things in my personal life.
It's interesting though...I was stumbling and came across the following quote by Augustine, "Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in Thee."
So, I have my answer to my restlessness...I need to find rest in God. Though this is an answer I have known for as long as I can remember it some times takes trying times in our lives to remember these things.
"My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken. Psalm 62:1-2
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