The Best Rest

Ah, spring break, its here again.... Now that I'm in college a whole new connotation comes along with the phrase. Panama City, Cancun, Aruba, partying, and drinking, these are all things that come along with the first week of March. However, I will not be joining other college students around the United States in the average festivities of Spring Break.

No, I'm not much in to the party scene. I prefer books to drinks and church to parties. But its all good! I prefer a life that follows the pattern of how Christ would have us live to the life of the world any day. The question is, what am I going to do over spring break if not party it up? The answer: I'm gonna rest! and its about time!

When I was in high school I seriously went to bed by nine o'clock every night. It was the best. I got a full eight hours of sleep every night and felt good in the mornings when I woke up. Since I've gone to college however, my sleep patterns have.... changed. I go to bed around midnight (at the earliest) each night and wake up on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays for 8 a.m. classes. So yeah, I don't get any sleep. So spring break is going to be good for my physical health; I am definitely going to get the rest my body needs. But spring break is going to be good for more than resting my body. I plan on getting some spiritual rest.

When a person spends so much time running, from class to work to church, and not only that, but adding in all extra things like eating and working out (haha) and spending time with friends, doing homework, and as Christians, witnessing and reading our Bibles and spending time in prayer, our spirits get worn out. We grow tired and need desperately to be renewed in spirit.

The greatest thing we can do for ourselves is take some time off, allow God to move in our lives and restore our spirits. We should bury ourselves in the Word even more than usual and spend lots of time in prayer, in turn God will give us the best rest available.