Abbey and Danielle discuss idle time and practical ways to intentionally rest well. It seems the only people resting well are the ones approaching it intentionally.. Abbey and Danielle contemplate routines, discipline, and work/life balance. Is work/life balance even a thing? Idle time can result in sin, like endless scrolling, procrastinations, and our proclivity to choose laziness over the hard work we are called to do.

Reynolds Price says “the whole point of learning about the human race presumably is to give it mercy.” If you are feeling so caught in the entanglement of idleness,feeling like years have been wasted and time has been lost. SHAME OFF YOU! YOU ARE NOT ALONE!

In Joel 2:25 God says, “He will restore the time the locusts have eaten.” Even in our wandering and disobedience, God is compassionate, faithful, and committed to us. May this episode encourage you to reengage with the assignment God has given you!

Scripture References: Joel 2:25, Matthew 11:28-30, Genesis 2:2-3,Psalm 62:1-2, John 14:27

Book Resources:

Gently and Lowly by Dane C. Ortlund

Low Anthropology by David Zahl

You Are Not Your Own by O. Alan Noble

On Getting Out of Bed by O. Alan Noble

Sabbath by Dan Allender

Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel

Acedia and Its Discontents: Metaphysical Boredom in an Empire of Desire by R. J. Snell