Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 Life is a gift of a loving Father rest in His peace!

Psalm 34:14

Depart from evil and do good;

Seek peace and pursue it.

Love God above all and your neighbor as yourself. In these two commandments the law is fulfilled in His grace. Rest in the peace of God which is beyond human understanding. Carla

Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 

12 I know that nothing is better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives, 13 and also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor—it is the gift of God. NKJV)

As in 2:24, the advice of the Preacher is to seize the day in the joy of God. Rejoice … Enjoy. Biblical faith is a call for joy, even when we live in a wicked world and under terrible stress; this is because we find true joy in the living God. The NKJV Study Bible

Faced with human limitations, people should enjoy life and be content with what they are give. Enjoyment of life is a gift of God. Faithlife Study Bible

Psalm 37:3

Trust in the LORD, and do good;

Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.

Here’s the deal: It’s easy to miss moments of enrichment—moments of nourishment and refreshment—when we are focused on what we think life “should” be.

Reading the Bible, God is real in small gifts and simple pleasures. God is present in the commonplace, the weak, the flawed, the compromised. The profane is not the antithesis of the sacred, but the bearer of it.

We are so bent on removing ourselves from the mundane (and certainly anything messy), that we miss miracles. And the gift of replenishment.

We do not rest in the solace that God is present, having nothing to do with our faith, or our effort to invest the moment with meaning.

So. We have a choice. We can live life as a gift to be embraced and explored and savored. Or, we can take the typical western worldview—treat everything like a test to be completed (and hopefully aced). Sabbath Moments