Weekend... on the mend.

Dress the wounds, rebuild the muscle, relax and soak your tired feet.

Weekends around here have become an island for the Donahues.

Find your spot, curl up into a ball - by yourself or with someone you trust and love.


Visit the library. Maybe even walk to the library. Find something new, a title that grabs your attention.

Read something peaceful, burn a candle in the room. Set a goal to find time. You need relaxing time when you feel like you don't have the time for it. It will not come unless you make the time. Five minutes... Start with a moment to look into the sky. Just that, a moment. Refresh and later in the day try it just a little longer.

People often asked Rich Mullins if they could pray for him because he looked so tired. He often replied that he deserved to look that way. A friend just pointed out to me over at the social media site that Rich travelled through my hometown four times in 5 years. After some searching, I found that he travelled often, playing countless times, travelling from town to town. Take one moment to look at his schedule from 1995 until 1997 and you will quickly see why I am suggesting that we need to add rest to our daily routine.
I am suggesting more than just watching a movie, playing video games or other media outlets. I am reaching for a time when we can cut it all off, to open ourselves to hear our thoughts. How often I have found myself at church thinking about lesson plans for school. Next week, I want to offer insight into ways to do this. I will focus on the writings of Richard J. Foster from the book Celebration of Discipline and this verse, Matthew 6:25. "Seek ye first the kingdom of God..."

So rest up. You're going to need it!

Link of the weekend...
Relaxation techniques from the Mayo Clinic - http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/relaxation-technique/SR00007

Quote of the weekend...
"A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety." Aesop, Fables

Bible verse of the weekend...
“Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” Isaiah 40:28-31