Rest.

Exodus 35:2 For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it must be put to death.

Sabbath is something that I have recently been studying and practicing. I guess it's important, when you consider what God told Moses to do with those who did not do it. ;-) Sabbath seems so foreign to our busy western culture. Many of us are workaholics and don't really like the feeling of being still. We don't always like where our minds take us when we actually have time to think.  Even consider how difficult it is to be still for an extended amount of time.  Even our vacations are full of places and people. We often feel the need for a vacation when we get home from our vacation. I think part of the issue is that we feel guilty for taking true Sabbath rest. It seems lazy. Well that's a great lie Satan has convinced us is true, which keeps us from taking time to be still and be with God. Rest is so important and rest with God is even more important. My challenge has been to take a full day of rest each week. I attempt to not do laundry or vacuum, meet with people, bake, write, among the many other things I find myself filling my time with. I try to take time and be still. When I do, I seem to get more accomplished during the rest of my days and I feel refreshed and ready for whatever the week brings. That's my challenge to our busy culture. Rest.