Many of you who read this may be at a place in your life where a need for rest runs so deep that you are burning out. Perhaps boundaries have been broken for so long that the fringes of your life have become burned. The need for a Sabbath, and even perhaps a sabbatical, is intruding on you. Do not resist this moment. There are moments in all of our lives when God, by his sovereign and good grace, almost seems to force us to enter into Sabbath rhythms whether we want to or not. David reflects on the heart of God for his own life: “He makes me lie down” (Ps. 23:2). Sometimes our wills are open
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