{"id":1783,"date":"2012-12-12T22:29:55","date_gmt":"2012-12-12T20:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=1783"},"modified":"2012-12-12T22:29:55","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T20:29:55","slug":"why-youre-not-getting-the-rest-you-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/why-youre-not-getting-the-rest-you-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You&#8217;re Not Getting The Rest You Need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wondered why you don&#8217;t feel rested after a night of sleep or why you can&#8217;t keep going unless you are continually dumping coffee down your throat? We all need regular, planned and uninterrupted rest.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately quality rest that refreshes body, mind and spirit is difficult to find in today&#8217;s world.<\/p>\n<p>Last week I wrote about <a title=\"When to quit working\" href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=1734\">a few signs that may indicate that you need to take a break<\/a>.\u00a0 Today I want to list the barriers we face that keep us from taking the sabbath rest that we need.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1785\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/69.89.31.195\/~sukofami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/DSC01501.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1785\" data-attachment-id=\"1785\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/why-youre-not-getting-the-rest-you-need\/sony-dsc-115\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/DSC01501.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NEX-3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1353966771&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;SONY DSC&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SONY DSC\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;This is how I feel when I don&amp;#8217;t get my rest!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/DSC01501.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1785\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/69.89.31.195\/~sukofami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/DSC01501.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/DSC01501.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/DSC01501-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/DSC01501-460x260.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1785\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is how I feel when I don&#8217;t get my rest!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Why is it so hard to get your rest? Below are a few reasons our team came up with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Guilt (I&#8217;m being lazy)<\/li>\n<li>Technology (always connected)<\/li>\n<li>Sundays are work days for those in ministry<\/li>\n<li>Too many responsibilities<\/li>\n<li>No accountability<\/li>\n<li>Expectations of our society<\/li>\n<li>Pride (I don&#8217;t need it)<\/li>\n<li>Worry over things that need to be done<\/li>\n<li>People who ask us to do things<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sometimes we also take part in what I like to call &#8220;false rest&#8221;.\u00a0 This happens when we try to multitask our rest by just responding to a few &#8220;quick&#8221; emails on our day off. It can also happen when we spend too much time &#8220;resting&#8221; in front of the TV or browsing the internet.\u00a0 These activities can often leave us more drained than when we started.<\/p>\n<h4>A few observations from the Lord of the Sabbath<\/h4>\n<p>Despite that Jesus was a very busy and highly sought after person he always found time for rest.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jesus often got away by himself <a href=\"http:\/\/bible.us\/111\/mat.14.13.niv\" target=\"_blank\">Mark 14:13<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sometimes Jesus withdrew for longer periods of time <a href=\"http:\/\/bible.us\/111\/mat.4.1-2.niv\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew 4:2<\/a><\/li>\n<li>On occasion Jesus took a few of his closest friends with him <a href=\"http:\/\/bible.us\/111\/mrk.6.31.niv\" target=\"_blank\">Mark 6:31<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jesus never apologized for resting<\/li>\n<li>Jesus was always ready to minister because he had rested <a href=\"http:\/\/bible.us\/111\/mrk.6.34.niv\" target=\"_blank\">Mark 6:34<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Additional reading<\/strong>: You might consider checking out <a title=\"Jesus and Rest: The Master\u2019s Way of Refocusing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lifeofasteward.com\/jesus-and-rest\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Jesus and Rest: The Master\u2019s Way of Refocusing <\/a>a great post by Loren Pinilis.<\/p>\n<h4>Question: What is keeping you from getting the rest you need?<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wondered why you don&#8217;t feel rested after a night of sleep or why you can&#8217;t keep going unless you are continually dumping coffee down your throat?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,31],"tags":[191,249,247,248],"class_list":["post-1783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates","category-writing","tag-10-commandments","tag-rest","tag-sabbath","tag-work"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/DSC01501.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3izZc-sL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1734,"url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/when-to-quit-working\/","url_meta":{"origin":1783,"position":0},"title":"When to Quit Working","author":"Caleb Suko","date":"December 8, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I'll admit it sometimes I work too much! 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