May 11th, 2026
by Kati Shives
by Kati Shives
REST
Scripture: Luke 10:38-42
Devotional:
Just before sundown each Friday, the Shabbat candles are lit to usher in Sabbath rest. Traditionally, this role falls to the mother of the house.
As a daughter, this role seems fitting. Mothers bring light and warmth. They make preparations so that there can be rest. Mothers embody Proverbs 31.
As a mother, though? I rarely feel as though I’m laughing without fear of the future.
The thought of Sabbath rest seems foreign. Even rest brings anxiety of not doing enough, not being enough.
Rest can feel like betrayal to our potential.
But Jesus shows us that the Sabbath is more than rest—it is restoration and celebration.
Sabbath is a reminder of the work that is completed in us; a work that justifies us and restores us into a right relationship with the Father. This work is one we could never accomplish by our own hands.
I’m reminded of Jesus being welcomed into Martha’s house in Luke 10. Martha was a good hostess who paid attention to the cultural rules of hospitality. Like many of us, she was striving to provide light, warmth, and rest for her guests. And, like many of us, while Proverbs 31 beamed on the outside, the inside was a storm of anxiety and even resentment.
“Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!” (v. 40)
Though this wasn’t the Sabbath, Jesus was going to invite her into rest and change her life. He was going to redefine the norm.
““Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”” (v. 41-42)
Jesus shifted the expectation. Instead of doing, he charged Martha with being present.
There is rest in being present.
When we stop our hands from doing.
When we force ourselves to be in this moment and this moment only.
Mothers, let us find ourselves in a rhythm of celebration and rest. Let us not fall into the lie that things cannot get done without us—we are not God and Sabbath reminds us that our hands only hold what He has created. Let us put down our own work and rest in His good work in us.
“Few things are needed—indeed only one.”
To sit at the feet of the light of the world.
To rest in his goodness.
To be present in his presence.
Scripture: Luke 10:38-42
Devotional:
Just before sundown each Friday, the Shabbat candles are lit to usher in Sabbath rest. Traditionally, this role falls to the mother of the house.
As a daughter, this role seems fitting. Mothers bring light and warmth. They make preparations so that there can be rest. Mothers embody Proverbs 31.
As a mother, though? I rarely feel as though I’m laughing without fear of the future.
The thought of Sabbath rest seems foreign. Even rest brings anxiety of not doing enough, not being enough.
Rest can feel like betrayal to our potential.
But Jesus shows us that the Sabbath is more than rest—it is restoration and celebration.
Sabbath is a reminder of the work that is completed in us; a work that justifies us and restores us into a right relationship with the Father. This work is one we could never accomplish by our own hands.
I’m reminded of Jesus being welcomed into Martha’s house in Luke 10. Martha was a good hostess who paid attention to the cultural rules of hospitality. Like many of us, she was striving to provide light, warmth, and rest for her guests. And, like many of us, while Proverbs 31 beamed on the outside, the inside was a storm of anxiety and even resentment.
“Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!” (v. 40)
Though this wasn’t the Sabbath, Jesus was going to invite her into rest and change her life. He was going to redefine the norm.
““Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”” (v. 41-42)
Jesus shifted the expectation. Instead of doing, he charged Martha with being present.
There is rest in being present.
When we stop our hands from doing.
When we force ourselves to be in this moment and this moment only.
Mothers, let us find ourselves in a rhythm of celebration and rest. Let us not fall into the lie that things cannot get done without us—we are not God and Sabbath reminds us that our hands only hold what He has created. Let us put down our own work and rest in His good work in us.
“Few things are needed—indeed only one.”
To sit at the feet of the light of the world.
To rest in his goodness.
To be present in his presence.
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