Rest Part 2

In Part 1 I broached the issue of rest.

Then, once I wrote it, I did it.  I rested.  

I thought you might like to know what I did.

First, as I mentioned, I made sure kids knew the rules (no knocking, no emergencies, no this and that).  Then I got myself all the drinks I'd need, went potty and then locked my bedroom door.  I took a deep breath.  

Made sure my diffuser was going strong and started playing WT.  I grabbed by favorite afghan and my heating pad and plopped down on my bed with my big head hogging all the sunshine streaming through my (still closed) bedroom window.  I got comfortable and then remembered I forgot to spray my bed with linen.  *sigh*  Oh well.  Comfort will win even though I missed one of the things on my check list.  I focused on the breathing techniques I'm learning from K. J.  

I blessed my spirit (Ruach), my soul (nephesh) and my body to rest and connect with Father (God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob), Jesus (of Nazareth who came in the flesh) and the Holy Spirit.  I immediately sensed tremendous peace...as I pondered the importance of me accepting and submitting to the work rest is for me.  

I think I asked Them (the three in one) things though I'm not sure and don't remember what...I was fading pretty quickly.

I felt so surrounded and held by warmth.  I laid on my right side with the heating pad on my chest and flung the afghan over top of me.  I kept socks off so I wouldn't get too hot (it still looks like winter here).  Honestly, I felt so nice, so relaxed...so PEACEFUL.  I thought about shalom and how it's God's go to reality for our brains...the "feeling" He designed us to be in most of the time...and I actually fell SOUND asleep for 50 minutes!

This is big, folks.

It was midday.  My house is full of children.  AND I SLEPT.  Peacefully.

Tell me a story of when you slept when you thought it was impossible.  And let's chat about why we fear rest!!  Some of us really, really fight it!!!