And God Rested… and was Refreshed

… and then God rested [on the seventh day]…

Have you ever wondered what God looks like when He rests? Does He simply cease all activity, as we human beings define the word rest, and sleep all day? Does He spend the time lounging around, trying to psyche Himself up for the next week when He needs to “work”?

Interestingly, we do not have to grope around in the dark trying to find the answer to this question. Since Jesus is the exact representation of the Father, I believe we can see how God rests when we see how Jesus rested and was refreshed during His earthly ministry.

The story of the Samaritan woman comes to mind. Jesus was tired from the long journey, and His disciples had gone into town to buy food. When they came back, Jesus looked refreshed, and they wondered whether He had eaten anything. But the story was that Jesus simply talked with the Samaritan woman, or in a more specific sense, He gave out His love and acceptance to her, and she drew something from Him.

And Jesus was refreshed.

Isn’t that funny? God gets refreshed when He gives… when He gives of His love, when we go to Him and draw from Him, when He overflows His love.

I believe that’s what God did on the seventh day when the Bible says He rested. He was refreshed because on that day, Adam was already around to draw from Him and be loved by Him.

Shall we also just let Him love us? :)
 

Timeless Writings

Over this past week, I think I must've tinkered with every possible form of writing there is: news writing, feature writing, writing guides and tips, and even uploading my personal blog with parenting experiences... most of them done online, with sources online and output online. A rich treasury of information. And sure, it's fun, 'coz I love writing---in fact, I remember back during my college days when I described "What I Want to Be" as "anything as long as I have writing as a sideline". How naive I was, wasn't I? 

Because now I realize all these things I can easily write on, anyone can appreciate at the present time. But none of them are good enough to withstand time. News? The latest winner of the latest award? No one will remember them in a year or maybe even half of it. Tips and guides? Yeah, they reek of the kind of knowledge that the world seeks, and certainly, there are limitless bounds to the things that we can learn in this world...

But there is one knowledge I want to be diving into. There is one kind of expression of which I will never tire. The endless depths of Jesus and the wonders of His love are that which nobody will ever exhaust. The apostle John mentioned in his gospel that if everything about Jesus was written down in a book, the world will never have room to contain all the books. 

Who would've thought that by this time, books are no longer necessary for information compilation? The World Wide Web gives an even extended place to put in bits of knowledge and info. But guess what? All the webpages in the whole wide web will never be able to contain everything about this amazing God-Man Christ Jesus! 

That's where I want to lose myself. Now and for eternity... :)

The Old Notebook

Yesterday as I was renewing my driver’s license, sitting and waiting for my turn had me scouring through my handbag for something to read to pass the time. I chanced upon an old pocket-sized notebook in which I used to jot down notes.

I came across an interesting set of scribbles:

Eternal communion of love
Unhindered by time
Unbroken…
But for one moment in time
Broken at the cross
Broken for me to be Yours…

He who did not spare His own Son
But delivered Him up for us all
How will He not also along with Him
Graciously give us all things (Romans 8:32)

Amazing how things I’ve learned so long ago can still be so fresh and limitless to ponder… :)

The Day I Was Crucified

I’ve recently reread one of my favorite books, Gene Edwards’ “The Day I Was Crucified.” Well, not exactly reread, since I only chanced upon a few pages in the little spare time I managed to find these busy weeks. (Still, my opinion stands: this is a definite must-read!)

But as usual, it struck a chord in my heart: isn’t it amazing how Jesus didn’t say a word while He was being crucified? “Like a lamb before its shearers is silent” indeed… I can hardly imagine the thoughts that must’ve run through His mind as He allowed the soldiers He Himself created drive the nails through His wrists—and mocking Him as they did so. How can He still feel such love and passion at that particular time? And yet He did! How can He think of one thing throughout the whole ordeal—the joy of having me with Him?

Sigh. I love this book. The author really gave a powerful glimpse into the divine exchange! The death of Adam’s race, the death of sin itself—when He became sin and consumed it with His wrath!

We’ve hardly begun scratching the surface of what He did at the cross, beloved. Let’s take a walk and explore them together… :)

For more book reviews, please check out my reading list at Christian Book Reviews or Christian Novel Reviews.