Every Memorial Day Holiday and others as
well, CMA chapters across the nation put up tents and wagons to greet travelers
and give them cold water and spiritual refreshment of some sort. If you ever
see one of these “rest stops” please stop and meet them. If you ever need a
helping hand you can always stop where CMA members are and get help.
Most of the rest areas, at least in Arkansas,
have been closed. It used to be that everyone knew the rest stops along the way
very well. My own family stopped just outside of Texarkana on our trip to visit
family in Arkansas from Houston and Tyler. My mother cried the first time she
drove past that rest area after I married. She said she could see me running
there just like when I was a little girl.
Rest stops are important when taking trips.
You can ask any biker and they’ll tell you, even in cooler weather it’s easy to
get dehydrated in the wind and get tired sitting in one place for very long.
Even people in cars know that if the weather is bad it’s tiring to drive. Driving
rain, sleet, hail, windstorms, sandstorms are liable to show up without
warning. I remember often through the years Danny pulling in under awnings or
old abandoned house carports to wait out the onslaught.
Just as people must rest from their travels,
their jobs, their lifestyles, believers must find rest as well. For the child
of God, worship is the greatest rest stop we can find. Worship gets our mind of
our troubles, gets our heart off ourselves and gets our spirit reconnected to
the power source – the Lord Himself.
Oh beloved take a rest stop this morning! He
knows you’ve been through some hard places and may be going through a hard spot
even now. He understands how hard things can be, how rough the road is and how
much you need a rest. Pull over before the day gets too busy and spend time
with the One Who loves you always and cares for you eternally. His rest stops
are generous and plentiful and He will always be there for you! Trust Him and
lean on Him for He’s just what you will always need!
Psalm 91:1 Those who live in the shelter of
the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
Psalm 23:2 He lets me rest in green meadows;
he leads me beside peaceful streams.
Mark 6:31 And He said to them, "Come
away by yourselves to a lonely place and rest a while." For there were
many people coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.
