Guilty whenever I slow down
For weary bodies and souls that have forgotten how to stop.
Also for guilty resting · lazy · unproductive · feel guilty taking a break · worth is my work · productivity · hustle · can't stop working · pressure to achieve · wasting time · always doing
Unless Yahweh builds the house, they who build it labor in vain. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for he gives sleep to his loved ones.
For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.
On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done. God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done.
Jesus answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.”
He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
A prayer
Original writing, not a quotation of Scripture.
Lord, somewhere I started believing my worth goes up when I'm busy and down when I stop. Even you rested on the seventh day, and you never needed to recover from anything. Martha worked hard and still missed the one thing that mattered.
Free me from the guilt that shows up every time I sit down. Help me receive rest as a gift you designed for me, and leave the unfinished list in your hands tonight. In Jesus' name, Amen.