The world runs on urgency. Productivity is prized. Busyness is worn as a badge.
But the Bible offers a countercultural invitation: rest. Not as a reward for effort, but as a rhythm built into creation itself.
God rested on the seventh day. Not because he was tired, but to model for us the cadence by which flourishing happens.
A few practical thoughts:
Rest is not laziness. Laziness avoids responsibility. Rest restores capacity so we can show up fully.
Rest requires trust. To stop is to believe the world keeps turning without your effort. That is, at root, a posture of faith.
Rest is communal. The Sabbath was practiced together. We are not designed to recover alone.
This week: what would one genuine act of rest look like for you?
I have a preoccupation with optimization. I guess if one has worked in operations, its a given?
There are 2 concepts that help with advancement, in whatever one is doing, with respect to progress:
Changing things for the better has to get easier over time. Without this, relative to other stacks/places/realms, you'll actually be retrogressing.
It should also get faster, due to "compounding laws". Finance people will easily understand this one.
O.J