Wise advice! - *

Our lives are often busy, and the pace is often frenetic. The problem of “burnout” has become endemic. Enter the words “manage stress” into Google’s search engine, and 12,600,000 results will appear.

Literally.

Over 12 ½ million results.

In Mark 6, Jesus sends his disciples on a missionary journey. On his instructions, they go out in pairs with nothing but the clothes on their backs and the sandals on their feet. When they returned, Jesus first recorded words to them were “Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.” And Jesus took his own advice: “Rising very early before dawn, he left and went off to a deserted place, where he prayed.” (Mark 1:35)

Take a few moment by yourself to refresh yourself today.