Rest, rest, rest, and I'll do the rest :)

I'm in a pretty exciting season of life. Most of my biggest dreams in life have all come true. I just got married to a delightful girl, I finished University in the fall with the inordinate amount of 3 bachelor degrees, I get to be a teacher soon! So many of the things I've dreamed about since I was young are becoming reality now. 

However, it is also a time filled with possibility. Simple decisions we make now could decide the future of our lives. Should we live in Canada or Malaysia? Should we teach, do university ministry, or something entirely different? How should we live? Statistics show that generally the way you start living will be the way you keep on living in terms of a lot of habits. We can change them once we get in our ruts, but it takes a lot of conscious effort. So what kind of things do we want to build our lives upon? 

I get excited easily and want to commit to so many things. I really want to learn Chinese, I want to play guitar beautifully, be a great husband and I want to learn so much about the whole world. I also get distracted easily and like TV shows, articles, and books a lot. For awhile I was feeling really ambitious and also frustrated because I couldn't do it all and barely had enough time in each day. 

Then a few days ago I was spending time in God's presence and I asked him "God, I'm feeling really frustrated and I feel like I'm not pleasing you because I'm not doing everything I can with the time I have. What should I focus on?" And I felt God just gently say "Rest, rest, rest and I'll do the rest". So I laid down all my ambitions at His feet and just began to spend time everyday resting and enjoying God's presence. It was really cool, because I felt my heart becoming really content and peaceful. My self-control grew and also I felt peace to take each goal on a more long-term basis. My relationship with Jetaime became more fun and playful, and just everything became more beautiful. 

Now as I think of this next year I only have one goal left. I want to learn everyday to rest in His love, and let Him do the rest ;). 

- David Hepting