Rest

Rest
by poetree

I.
Rest is something you carry with you
all day yet you don't really
grasp it.
Rest is something meant not
just for when you've worked
yourself into restless exhaustion.
rest is an invitation into God's
labor
as well as
an invitation into God's
holiness.
II.
rest is an empty chair
waiting, not anxiously
but expectantly
to bear the weight
of one who is
not able to hold
themself up anymore.
rest is the open arms of
a father who painfully
watches his children
running ragged and empty
from diligent devoted distractions.
III.
rest is something we all fear
because it is a confession
of
weakness
vulernability
and lack
we're afraid to rest and
be still
because we know we will
be exposed
spoken to
loved
by One so other than
that our flesh will feel
fire.