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The Chibi News Daily Reflection
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Hello, I'm Reverend Mike, an Anglican vicar in Sussex. In our non-stop world, rest feels like a luxury, doesn't it
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Work, email, social media, life for many can be a never-ending hamster wheel
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But did you know that God cares about rest? In the Bible, God is said to rest on the seventh day, not because he's tired, but to show us a rhythm for our lives
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It's an invitation to pause, to breathe, to trust that the world won't fall apart if we stop for a moment
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Because how easy and how alluring it is to imagine that we're so important that everything depends on us
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But God invites us to see that everything actually depends on him
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that we are made to depend on him. Jesus says, When was the last time you truly rested
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Sabbath rest isn't just a day off in the Bible. It's a gift to reconnect with God
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and with those things in life that truly matter