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You may be familiar with the word: hangry. It is when you are angry because you’re hungry. My first main experience of this word was when I was hangry without even realizing it. My husband and I were walking home and he said to me, “What’s wrong with you? Why are you squeezing your face?” I snapped
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I once heard someone say that people who are truly committed to God will not mind sacrificing their time. I agree with the general importance of sacrificing especially as believers. But I also wonder to what extent our self-sacrifice is destructive and perhaps goes against God’s command and leads us into a life of fatigue
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Rest is not always about spending money on a luxurious item or experience that you can’t afford regularly. In fact, I think the rest that God instructs should be part of our daily and weekly rhythms. If you can’t regularly afford it, then it cannot be your primary source of TROG. Here are some no
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Just for the fun of it, my sister and I joked that the title above reads like the title of a love story. Here are the descriptions we came up with She thought she was just going for a visit. But Fate had other plans. When Sandra met Jimmy, it was like déja vu. All
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People often sleep to get rest but Dr Saundra will say that sleep is the product of rest. The more I thought about this, the more I agree with it. Here is some of my experience. My sleep is greatly impaired on the days I feel stressed. I feel that there is so much to
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Sleep and rest are not the same thing but they are related. When doctors say that 7-9hours of sleep is recommended for adults, you will need to adjust for your personal circumstance. Most of this sleep should happen at night and you may need to supplement with naps. You probably need more sleep and naps if
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Sleep is the long stretch of physical relaxation that humans undergo usually at night in a quiet comfortable location. Naps are the short versions of sleep that happen usually midday. Sleep is a central part of rest but rest is more than sleep. Rest is the feeling of relaxation, calm, balance, and wholeness in all aspects of
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Genesis 2:1-3 “Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their multitude. And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God
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Feeling stressed is an excellent time to take a break and remind yourself of God’s presence to help you. Inspired songs are an excellent resource for that. Here is one of my favorites. “Sanctuary, God is here” by Karen Clark Sheard. Here is one of the stanzas There is a sweet anointing in the sanctuary