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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…

To help celebrate the 95th anniversary of A. A. Milne’s fictional character Winnie the Pooh, a partnership is offering guests an opportunity to rent a representation of the character’s home. Visitors to the English cottage will have an opportunity to tour the Hundred Acre Wood and play Poohsticks by…

The most common way to think about getting enough rest is getting enough sleep. However medical internist Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith said the idea of rest should be considered more like the word ‘restoration’ which is vital to many different areas of life. For Dalton-Smith, rest encompasses physical mental…

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…

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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…

Researchers at Baylor University have found that workers that take a break in the mid-morning are usually more productive for the rest of the day. Over a five day work week, 95 people were surveyed about their workday habits and overall feelings of well-being. Workers who took a break before lunch were…

Americans are not taking regular vacations. According to a survey by insurance company Allianz Global Assistance, more than 135 million Americans, or about 56 percent of adults have not taken a week off work to get away in the past year. After a particularly busy time of ministry, Jesus encouraged His…

Kriti Arunkundrum, a junior from San Jose reflected on the positive side of COVID-19 in an article for the Mercury News. She wrote, “I think that this time in quarantine has made me slow down my fast-paced life and do many activities for my own enjoyment. It has been a small relief from the constant…

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…

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…

Research indicates that the position you sleep in affect overall health. The study found that 47% of Americans sleep in the fetal position which rests the spine and helps clear waste in the brain that contributes to the development of Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease. Sleeping on your side in the log…

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…

American workers are not using all their vacation days and it adds up. Some of the 768 million unused days accrue for use in future years, but 236 million simply disappear. That number of days represents over $65 billion in lost benefit. However, adding up the lost days and money does not tell the whole…

In Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love, Sue Johnson writes, “Chronic obsessive overwork and burnout have become part of our culture. We think it’s normal.” —Jim L. Wilson Hold Me Tight, 213 Exodus 33:14 (HCSB) Then He replied, “My presence will go ⌊with you⌋, and I will give you…

An article in Journal of Community Health reported the findings of researchers who studied the pervasiveness of “short sleep duration,” which they defined as less than seven hours per night. In the abstract of the article the authors wrote, “In 2018, the highest levels of short sleep duration were found…

Consumers responded so positively to Popeyes new chicken sandwiches that the fast-food chain had to post signs outside their stores that they had run out. A Chick-fil-A store in Houston postied “FYI We don’t run out of Chicken Sandwiches” on their sign in response. A nearby Popeyes Chicken and Biscuits…

The accepted rule is eight hours of sleep a night is necessary to maintain good health. A study in California has found that there may be a biological reason why some people need less rest than others. Researchers studied the sleeping habits of a 12 members of a family who regularly sleep for about 4.5…