A pastor opened the car for several hours to the mountains vacation cabins, for the three-day holiday, he was filled with hope; to the destination, but only after all the intention that the information and books to read at home, or even Even the Bible did not take. After a while the inner fighting, and finally decided to stay, forget to bring the book to force him to change plans, but finally found his new plan is needed most - a real rest. Angel of the Lord rely under all difficulties of the prophet Elijah said: "Get up and eat! Because your journey is still far away." (Kings 19:7), rest is to walk longer distances, so the rest is to serve God .
〖Second, the value of rest〗
According to the Ten Commandments in the fourth commandment, the Sabbath is also a man of God: "Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Lord your God Sabbath. The day you and your children, male and female slaves, livestock, and your stranger strangers in town, not for any work items, in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea and one of the things, the seventh day he rested. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. "that is, God blessed the Sabbath, so one side can remember God on the one hand people a break. What is the value that a rest:
1. Help me renew their strength
Get physical rest is not difficult, really lacking is the emotional and spiritual rest. Can holiday like crop fields as to play a greater function, people need to rest, in exchange for the fruit of change, change into the energy of life.
2. See the goal again
Weekly consumption of our heavy work is not only a lot of energy, and make our vision becomes narrow and short-sighted, while forgetting the immediate value is only a remote target. Temporarily leave the rest to work allows us to see the goal again.
3. The confidence and ability to surge
One pastor's sermons has long been criticized when, in order to improve the quality of preaching, he decided to take two weeks off school to seminary in terms of road class. Class, the professor asked students to write the contents of sermons first few minutes, and came down to talk. The country's best listened to his sermons preaching professor said: "I'm sure you must be a very good speaker." After the pastor had certainly made him rebuild self-confidence, which is suspended from work benefits.
4. Serve warm Update
Carefully planning the rest, even a short time, but also help us to pressure from the monotonous routine to get relief.
〖Three signs〗 need rest
We can not wait until the holidays when exhausted, and the physical fatigue is not the only signal I need a rest, we need to monitor their own pace of life in order to arrange vacations and retreats. The following symptoms signal is the need to rest:
1. Slow
When I no longer feel the feelings of others and the associated signals, as well as other people's needs and expectations of my no longer responsive, that I need to change the forward speed of the sign.
2. Rambling thoughts
When my thoughts become slow, and no more inspiration and creativity, and even favorite activities has always been down-hearted, and sometimes even the general's remarks do not want to participate, that is the rest of the signal.
〖Fourth, adjust the attitude of the rest〗
Temporarily leave the work is not too simple, but is difficult to avoid.
1. Treatment of guilt
Most of the work ethic of people a strong sense of being away from work, they all suffer guilt Mokenaihe of escape. In fact, a way can be used to disperse such guilt, that is: to remind ourselves of how hard work normally, but God is not only allowed, it is ordered people to be on time to rest.
2. The handling of major emergencies
Not in the workplace, the occasional major emergency will happen, however, need to deal with this emergency a little creative, flexible arrangements often have unexpected results.
3. Rest before and after adaptation
Extra work before and after leaving the job is used to prevent problems and errors in the only way, but if they can put aside their work and have a good rest and return to work after a period of adjustment often required to step on the right track, but a return to normal until the pace of work, the rest of the results will be slowly revealed.
〖Fifth, use of rest〗
Comparison of advance planning to achieve the purpose of rest, using vacation patterns and arrangements as follows:
1. Read off
Is the life of all ages can continue to grow the factors, it can be arranged each year in the undisturbed areas (such as rent apartment two weeks), with no fixed work schedule, to enjoy the pleasure of reading.
2. Spiritual Update
Every 3-4 months to arrange a time for spiritual reflection: my family and personal life situation? Serve their own feelings about? The next step in the direction of thinking and the decision must be made. To make this spiritual update to maximize the function of the time, temporarily left the cumbersome routine environment is very important.
3. Arrangements Holidays
Engaged in activities to feel happy is the main objective of vacation, and as children grow, change of lifestyle and pace, leave the way when the adjustment. Arrangements may include sailing holiday, collecting art, beach camping, and even see their parents living overseas.
4. Family life
Some say: Love the composition contains, half belong to history, the other half belongs to intuition, happy family life, covering all of the above. So arrangements can be with the family holiday festivals, such as grandparents birthday. In addition to other holidays, but also try to take advantage of special meetings or to participate in a meeting of it, the way to enjoy leisure and family fun.
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