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How happy are we to find rest in a person! This is warm and substantial comfort. You cannot rest in the words of a doctrine as you can in the bosom of a person. Take a poor child that is lost in the street. Talk to it upon cheering themes. These ought to comfort it; but the little one goes on crying.…

Some people are always fretting and fuming; they appear to have been born in stormy weather, and to be perpetually agitated in mind so that they cannot rest. Only the other day, a gardener I knew of was complaining greatly of the heavy rain, which had done some damage to the garden where he was working.…

I remember hearing of a pious minister who was asked to speak one day upon the subject of joy in God. He stood up and said, “I am sorry that I have been requested to speak upon this topic; for the fact is, I am not walking in the light, but I am crying, ‘Restore to me the joy of your salvation’ (Psa…

Without peace you cannot grow. A shepherd may find good pasture for his flock, but if his sheep are hunted about by wild dogs so that they cannot rest, they will become mere skin and bone. The Lord’s lambs cannot grow if they are worried and harried; they must enjoy the rest with which the Lord makes…

A ground worker for Federal Express was apparently so tired that he fell asleep while loading an airplane and did not wake up until the plane had almost reached its destination. The worker, who works two jobs, was tired and lay down inside the plane to rest. The crew did not see him and locked him in…

In study published in nature magazine suggests that individual preferences for waking up early in the morning or staying up late could be due to their genetic makeup. The study was commissioned by a company that analyzes individual’s DNA to examine their ancestry or inherited medical conditions. Along…

A small study conducted by Johns Hopkins Medicine suggests that waking up several times during the night may be worse for your mood the next day than sleeping less than usual. Researchers found that the group whose sleep was interrupted had a 31 percent reduction in positive mood the following day, when…

Americans are working more and resting less. More than half of U.S. workers left vacation time unused in 2015. A balanced healthy lifestyle is important to health and happiness. Over the last few years, workers are taking four less days of time off per year. Not only is that harmful to personal and family…

Nineteen year old Taylor went to sleep and woke up nine miles away in a different town. Her journey included riding a bus, and walking in a convenience store, all while she was asleep. Taylor suffers from somnambulism, more commonly referred to as sleepwalking. Her father, Steve Gammel said, “She just…

New research suggests that teens that get too little or too much rest are more likely to engage in risky behaviors such as drunk driving. Researchers do not know is sleep issues cause the teens to take dangerous risks, or if they might indicate depression or other problems. They said the link is striking…

Matt Carpenter is the star third baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, who slumped at the beginning of the 2015 season. In May, he missed an entire series because of extreme exhaustion. Carpenter has a strong work ethic that includes arriving early and using his days off for batting practice. So Cardinals…

Author Anne Lamont said, “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” Just as unplugging a computer and re-plugging it allows the computer to reset and start over, it is important for us to unplug at times. God knew this in the beginning, he made us to unplug…

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A China Eastern airplane had to abort its July 8, 2014 early-morning landing into the Wuhan airport because the air traffic controllers were sleeping. –Jim L. Wilson http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/19/us-china-airlines-investigation-idUSKBN0GJ0OK20140819 1 Corinthians 16:13 (HCSB) Be alert, stand…

Have you ever had a dream where you are free-falling, only to wake up in bed? Ryan Campbell, wasn’t dreaming when he fell down a 60-foot cliff in the Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky, but he was sleeping. He is OK, suffering only minor injuries. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/10/us-usa-kentucky-fall-idUSKBN0H52HP20140910…

A study by Harvard University suggests that changing regular sleep patterns increases the risk of heart disease or heart attacks. The study found that if when the difference was more than 90 minutes during an average week, the chances of heart disease doubled over a five year period. After controlling…

A Louisiana man who was on his way to California woke up on a dark, empty airplane at the Houston airport after apparently sleeping through the call to exit. Tom Wagner said, he was supposed to continue on to California, but slept through the calls to leave the plane and found himself locked inside the…

In his book, The Emotionally Healthy Leader, Peter Scazzero writes, “On Sabbath, we practice eternity in time. We look forward to that day at the end of our earthy lives when we will perfectly stop, rest, delight, and contemplate the glory of God. For a brief moment in time, we reorient ourselves away…

We have known for years that it was important for our health to get at least six hours of sleep per night. Now a new study indicates that getting more than nine hours is likewise unhealthy. That much sleep has been linked to an increased risk of heart disease, cognitive problems, and premature death.…

A very tired employee at a German bank fell asleep at the keyboard while entering a transaction and accidentally turned a small transfer into a $200 million order. The man was supposed to transfer 62.40 Euros from a bank account belonging to a retiree. Because he was nodding off, he accidentally entered…

New research suggests that a lack of the rapid eye movement (REM) stage of sleep may increase a person’s risk of dementia later in life. Sleep disturbances are common in people suffering from dementia, but researchers were not sure if there was a relationship between a lack of REM sleep and the chances…

Our work occupies many of our waking hours. A new study shows that for many of us it also occupies a lot of our sleeping hours. 65% of American workers dream about their jobs and 47% say that thinking about work keeps them up at night. Sometimes it is difficult to find a balance between our work and…

It is a homeowner’s worst nightmare, to walk in on a burglary, but this time, it was more bizarre than scary—the homeowner in Hillsboro Oregon discovered the robber asleep on the floor, with his pockets filled with loot. Deputies believe he entered the home through an unlocked door. This story illustrates…