Restoring The Soul

Sometimes my computer has gotten so jumbled up, so over-filled, so taxed that the only solution was to hit the restore button. Sometimes our lives get so convoluted, so jacked up, so pressed down that restoration is the only answer as well. 

The problem is hitting the restore or reset button - just exactly where is it?  Some look to the bottom of a bottle,meeting to drink their troubles away but find that their troubles but never was a bottle deep enough. 

A vacation at the beach or some faraway destination is a more likely place to get recharged or restored. However, so often, we return from vacation needing to rest up before returning to work. And, the stress we tried to escape from, if we didn't take it with us, is still here when we return. 

Self-help books, spa days, power naps, meditation, exercising, yoga, chocolate, etc. have all been used in attempts to restore our soul, some are better choices than others but none truly restore our souls. We are always left missing something.  So, what will?

Glad you asked.  "The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul" (Psa 23:1-3). It is a God thing, only he can truly provide what is lacking or remove what is taxing our souls. 

When we feel overburdened, overworked or overwrought, Jesus calls to us saying, "Come unto me, all who are burdened and I will give you rest" (Matt 11:28). The rest, the restoration, the peace you seek is not found in any other source than the Savior. Jus' Sayn.