Rest Notes

**Sit quietly, eyes closed and in silence for one minute before reading.**

     Talking with a friend, I was telling her of my time of rest and the things I was saying “no” to. God is calling me to rest right now. Her response to me was “even music has rest”. I loved the picture she gave me of music and how our lives are similar to a beautiful composition.

    I often think of crescendos, decrescendos, bridges, choruses, verses, different instruments as paralleling our life stories but forgot about the rest notes.

    How about you? Are you on a rest note? Is a rest note coming?

    How will you be attentive to God in His call to rest?

**Sit again in silence for as long as is available to you.**

Background Music

**Sit quietly, eyes closed and in silence for one minute before reading.**

    What background music do you have running in your head? Maybe it literally is music and maybe it is just a mental tape (or playlist) you keep on repeat. What are the words, phrases, illustrations being repeated and how have they become the background music to your life?

    Spend time throughout the day paying attention to the words, phrases or maybe an interaction that is on repeat in your mind. How is it setting the mood for your day? How is it setting you up to believe truth or believe lies?

    Be attentive, take note and bring your music to God. Ask Him to transform the background music towards what will lead you to life and truth.

**Sit again in silence for as long as is available to you.**

God's Music

**Sit quietly, eyes closed and in silence for one minute before reading.**

“God lives in my home, but sometimes I ignore Him and I don’t hear the music He is playing just for me.”
                                    - Desperate by Sarah Mae and Sally Clarkson

    What music is God playing in your life? Have you slowed down enough, maybe even stopped to hear the music He plays for you?

    Music touches my soul like so few things can and I often find myself deaf to the music, very much unaware of the music that God is playing for me.

    Would you stop today, take a deep breath and sit with God? What music is He playing just for you?

**Sit again in silence for as long as is available to you (or with God's music playing in your head. :))**