“Rest in me,” He said after a night of seeking Him.
I had gone camping to find His counsel, to seek His face. It was in the morning after struggling with my emotions and reactions to a particular situation then He called me and He spoke; At Bodega Head. He lead me to look into the churning seas below, seeing them as the troubled waters of my soul, He said:
“Rest is me, as the waves rest upon the rocks.
They become what they are by forces beyond themselves,
They are no less part of the sea;
It is enough that they do their part.”
Then Seven years later, he showed me, in a dream another way. Again I had called out in my dismay and troubles. He showed me climbing on top of the Rock. He Yeshua-, Messiah; Jesus the Christ, is the rock that is higher than I. The rock that is stronger than the tides and time. He is the Rock I can stand and abide on and it will not be moved.
And so may you, find that rock and climb high upon it when the seas get rough. May you stand above the tumultuous seas of life. May your soul’s reactions or responses to those tides of change be to climb on the rock. To stand above the circumstances in ; faith, trust and peace.
For the tides of life will ever be tumultuous. Its just the way of the creation. We creatures churn up the seas with out reactions and our responses to the tides of life.
While the creation goes one waiting “groaning in eager anticipation of the revelation of the sons’ of God”(Romans 8:22)
First Post Script: 2.16.2023
For years, I considered the ramifications of this down-load. I now see our emotions not as something to control. They are not something to react to either. They are simply to discern them and let them inform us. The more distance we can create from them, the less they will directly impact our behaviors. This distance makes them more effective in informing us rather than controlling us.
They are not necessarily to inspire our decisions but rather to enlighten us on the effectiveness of them. When we make better decisions about out time, focus and priorities, our emotions will respond positively.
In the mean time we trust Yah regarding what our emotions our teaching us. Life is a pass only test. It is training. When we fail in a situation we get to run through it again until we pass! See also this post for more on how not to decide emotionally…
Second Post Script; This post was first published 1.6.2017 as “Rest in me” It was then Re-posted 2.16.2023; Finely Re-titled (ai). To include a recent dream sequence and explanations that followed growth in understanding. It also came after navigating deeper waters and rougher seas since the first posting of “Rest in me”. 5.10.2025
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