Permission to rest in Jesus this holiday season

Samantha's Salt
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    A few days ago, I came home and collapsed on our brown leather couch. I just sat there — didn’t even stare at my phone for the latest news, cute photos of friends’ kids, or even check our bank account. I just rested my mind and body. Prior to that day, I organized a cookie exchange and fellowship for the women in our church, met several writing deadlines, labeled and addressed Christmas cards and helped my husband with several work projects. Not to mention being up at night with our kids wetting their beds. Needless to say, I was spent.
    That sacred time on the couch being absolutely useless gave me time to think and reflect on life and what was going on around me. I began to actually hear from the Lord and to understand what my soul was craving. It didn’t need the peppermint chocolate Hershey’s kisses in the mason jar next to me or the better-get-it-now Amazon deal, but my heart needed sweet time with Jesus in prayer and His word.
    My soul was craving what we all have inside us — a hole that can only be filled by God alone. No matter how much we try to satisfy it with what the world or our flesh has to offer, we’ll still be left wanting more. He is the only path to true, lasting, infinite peace and joy.
    Honestly, I want to do less this Christmas and “be” more. I don’t need to chase the next best thing or worry about the endless gift list. The greatest thing I can do for my husband and children is to not be running around like a chicken with my head cut off with an overloaded December schedule, but to rest in Jesus alone. He is where I need to go when my soul is so very needy. I resonate with these words in the song “Over and Over Again” by pop-acoustic-worship band I Am They:
    “Wake me up from my slumber, oh God take these shaking hands and hold them still. Wake me up from my slumber, oh God lift my eyes to yours, where my help comes from.”

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Samantha Krieger can be contacted at sekrieger@liberty.edu, or visit her website at www.samanthakrieger.com.

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