Start With Rest

Happy Saturday and mostly happy 2026! To think that we’re in a new year is so wild to me and I’m still processing it. However, I have great belief that 2026 is going to be a phenomenal year!

As we dive into the new year I want to take sometime to remind us of the importance of rest. Resting is essential for so many purposes outside of living a healthy life. When we rest we have clarity, we hear God’s voice clearer, we make wiser decisions, and most importantly we feel better. Rest is how our mind and body reset. We live in a society that contradicts what rest is and as much as it screams to rest it also screams at us to produce, pour out, and consume a life that was never meant for us to move at the pace that we do.

As we go into 2026 I want to leave you with this question, what is rest saying for you? Is rest saying no? Is rest saying not today? Is rest saying later? Resting doesn’t mean never. Rest is simply being able to look at life and say “this is good and I can rest.” I was reading Genesis and it talks about the creation of the world and how God rested on the 7th day. If God Himself rested, why do we think we’re beyond the need for it?

I want to encourage you today to start off 2026 in rest! Make it a habit and not an option. Rest is needed for the reset!

With love,

-Yours Truly, Eb