Christ Church West
Resilience is a Christian virtue. Christ embodied resilience as the Gospels give evidence. The hope of the resurrection defines our spiritual resilience.
“Resilience and Sabbath”
Resilient people learn to renew, replenish and restore their internal strength
Resilience requires we practice the Sabbath
Genesis 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. 3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.
Exodus 20: 8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
“Six days a week we wrestle with the world, wringing profit from the earth; on the Sabbath we especially care for the seed of eternity planted in the soul. The world has our hands, but our soul belongs to Someone Else.”
All week we may ponder and worry whether we are rich or poor, whether we succeed or fail in our occupations; whether we accomplish or fall short of reaching our goals. But who could feel distressed when gazing at spectral glimpses of eternity, except to feel startled at the vanity of being so distressed?
We can develop rhythms of renewal and a Sabbath mindset
Practicing the Sabbath and finding renewal through Jesus Christ will make us more resilient in life
Colossians 3:1-2 ESV