Women at the Well

Okay, so the semester just began, and if you’ve had a crazy, hectic first week like me, you are already craving some rest and relaxation. Last night…at the conclusion of a very full week…I went to the semester’s first gathering of the Women at The Well.

So for those of you who don’t know about the Women at The Well, all girls are invited to join with us once a month for a time of worship, teaching, and small group discussion. This semester Lindsay Fooshee is teaching on the book of Ruth…taking one chapter during each of our four meetings.

As we began reading through chapter 1 of Ruth last night, Lindsay stopped on Naomi’s desire for her two widowed daughter-in-laws. In verse 9, Naomi says to Orpah and Ruth, “May the Lord grant that you may find rest…” REST.

I left last night knowing the challenge issued was to find rest in the Lord throughout this semester…and the semesters to come. God Himself in Exodus says…”I will give you rest.” Regardless of crazy schedules, stressful classes, rocky relationships, sleepless nights…God offers us perfect rest. If only we will order our life around Him, we can live in His rest.

In the next days and weeks ahead, I pray we will find ourselves living our busy, full lives while relaxing and resting in Him.


Leslie