Thursday, January 25, 2024

How About a Nap?




Do you ever feel guilty for taking a nap? Maybe you are a fairly young mother with several children. Maybe even an infant that gets you up for a feeding through the night. Maybe you have a job thrown in on top of your growing family. Maybe you are an elderly person that just can't do what you used to do, and your trade some of your leisure time in for a nap on the couch and it's a habit now that you are older.

Maybe you feel like you are wasting your time by napping.

Well, if you do feel guilty for taking a nap for whatever reason, I have some good news for you. 

Jesus took a naps.

 And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. Mark 4:36:39

Ok so it's true-there is no record of how many naps Jesus took. But he was fully man, and fully God, thus (Hebrews 2:17-18) needing to rest when he was tired. After all, during the days that he went out preaching and healing people, there is no doubt that he needed to nap now and then. 

We sometimes get weary of the happenings of our days when there is trouble going on and we just have to get some rest to deal with life. Or we who are older just can't hack the days like we used to when we were younger. But whatever the reason, a nap is our reward for getting some relief of whatever has drained our energy. 

Thanks for coming by Friends. I pray you are having a blessed day.






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