5 Minute Friday: Rest {I’m Late}

It’s called 5 Minute Friday’s, but I’m late.

It’s a group of writers, who after receiving a word prompt, have 5 minutes to write. Lisa-Jo Baker challenges us to write for 5 minutes with no grammar rules, no editing, just set the timer and Go! Want to join us? Find out how, {here}.

I’ve avoided the {5 Minute Friday} sensation, until I saw this week’s prompt: REST. It seemed appropriate I should start here.

Here I go-

Go!

REST:

Rest, the ability to do so, eludes me.

How does one find rest in a hospital room?

How do you close your eyes with doctors coming in and out?

How does one rest without answers? Without a diagnosis?

How does one find rest when there’s a family at home to care for?

How does one rest when stuck between these walls, without anywhere to go?

And so, I close my eyes, with machines beeping, doctors chattering away, patients crying…

I close my eyes and remember…He is here.

God’s presence is here… I remind myself, “in His Presence there is fullness of joy”.

And when my tired and fatigued body is unable to sleep, my soul finds rest in Him.

I go to that place where it’s just Him and I. No disruptions, just Him and I. And for a moment, before the next interruption, I am resting in Him.

STOP!

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