The sun sets early in the winter in this country. I fondly recall summer evenings when we can safely go out for a hike after the supper dishes are done. Now we trudge home before the table is set.

Too soon!  Too soon!  There is still work to be done, and fun to be had!

But the sky says it’s time to go home. I hear my Lord’s voice calling, “Come to me , all you who have been working hard and carrying loads too heavy for you. Come to me and I will give you rest.  Walk in partnership with me and I will carry the bulk of it. I will make the task easy and your burden light.”

This is a season of rest. I may not choose the timing, but there is much to be learned in rest.

Heading home now.

For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel,
“In returning and rest you shall be saved;
    in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.”

(Isaiah 30:15)