When are YOU fed? When do YOU rest?

I have a range of readers for this blog - ministry leaders, parents, pastors, people with disabilities, and other friends - but we all have a few things in common:

• the need to be fed, not just to be feeding others
• the need to rest, not just to offer rest
• the need to rely on a Savior, not just to trust in ourselves

Today is the first day of this year's Bible study for me and the kids. I'm thankful to have a great program at our church in which I'll be studying the book of Acts with other women this year while my kids - Robbie, age two, and Jocelyn, age four - will be exploring the same passage at their own levels in their own classes. I love our Tuesday morning program because it provides me with an opportunity to show up and participate without being in charge of anything, which is a refreshing change of pace. I get to dive into God's word to be fed alongside other women. And it is always a blessing.

Instead of writing a complete post today, I'd love to hear from you. What do you do to be fed? How do you prioritize rest? When you're serving, how do you avoid the trap of relying on yourself instead of Him?

It is in vain that you rise up early

and go late to rest,

eating the bread of anxious toil;

for he gives to his beloved sleep.

{Psalm 127:2}

And he said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat.

{Mark 6:31}

"Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

{Matthew 11:28-30}