Vacation

 Vacation

May 29, 2025

Vaca-t-ion- from the Latin vaca, cow, T for Taurus the bull, and ion is a charged particle. So vacation is coming for us like a charging bull! At least it looks like that. So far we have had lightening, thunder, rain and road construction. But at least we’re safe.  But what about rest? Isn’t vacationing supposed to be about rest?

The writer of Hebrews talks about rest.

Hebrews 4:8-12

8 For if Joshua had given them rest, He would not have spoken of another day after that. 9 So there remains a Sabbath rest for the peopleof God. 10 For the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His. 11 Therefore let us be diligent to enter that rest, so that no one will fall, through following the same example of disobedience. 12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

He promises a Sabbath rest for the people of God, but he also says that we must diligently enter that rest, so that doesn’t sound much like a vacation! He goes on to say that the answer is in the Word of God, which is sharper than any two-edged sword, so the answer lies there if we can perceive it.

Anyway, we are off to pursue whatever “vacation” means in this day and age. Hopefully, that will include good times with the family, making good memories, with the faint hope that there will be a little rest involved! So school’s out, you have a little time off of work, so enjoy vacation time, but remember to keep the Word of God included to judge the thoughts and intentions of your heart.