Recently, my wife and I took a few days off and headed to Ocean City, Maryland. On the way home, we stopped at Rehoboth Beach. There we encountered something we had never seen before: the replenishing of a beach. While several ships off shore were sucking up sand and sending it shoreward, large bulldozers and other pieces of equipment worked hard taking the sea soaked sand once it arrived and spreading it out over the ever expanding beach.
Beach replenishment is necessary because of the existence of beach erosion. The constant pounding of the surf against the shoreline causes tons of sand to be swept out to sea every year. Across the course of a few years, that adds up to a lot of missing sand!
Our souls are a lot like a beach. Living in a fallen world and an ever increasing secular age, our souls take a never ending pounding. Therefore, just as a beach needs replenishment over time, so our souls need to be replenished. How do we do this? Simply put ... we need to find rest for our souls. To do so, we must step away from life's constant pressures and turn our minds toward Christ. Jesus invites us to do so as he says to us all, "Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" (Matt. 11:28).
I pray you will make time to find some rest in the midst of this "hurry up" world in which we live. Christ is waiting for you. What's keeping you from accepting his invitation today?
Thanks for stopping by,
PJ
