on the seventh day he rested

Today, to you, may love, come and then shine.

Enjoy a day of God resting within,

and dwelling fully present in his shrine,

the temple he has come to (cleansed of sin) -

-  to live within himself, as though his own,

just like an ever hopeful child who trusts

that cards, and letters, signs and words, full blown,

would say whatever people meant, and just

so, if they said this temple here was “his”,

that he was God, and not themselves (the “tent”).

His coming, staying, resting, is the biz-

n’us - thus our meaning’s found in what was meant!

Thus being what we were made for, an “I”-

an icon of the God who made the world,

to indicate, as image, signify,

the presence of our Father’s reign unfurled!

So when we're “clicked on”, “pushed”, “depressed”, “invoked”

(which often in this broken world means “blamed”),

if that means God is “called on”, then dem folk

dat live here will see God at work again.

So following in James-es way, advised

by he who watched Yeshua carefully,

(the Second Adam, who was then despised

yet trusted all to God so prayerfully),

I’ll use these trials as opportunities

to call on God, to name him if you please,

to let him show in life here, what is he’s

determined plan - to love, not take his ease.

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By the seventh day God had finished his work, and so he rested.  Genesis 2:2 CEVUK

The word “rest” in Hebrew, pronounced shabat, does not mean “rest” in the sense of “relaxation.” The word means, more precisely, “to cease.” For example, manna “ceased” to appear on the ground once Israel arrived in the Promised Land, and Job’s friends “ceased” arguing  with him when they realized he would never see things their way. On the seventh day, God ceased. So, what did God do after he ceased the work of creation? Well, for that, we look to another important Hebrew word used to talk about the meaning of the Sabbath and God’s rest. The verb is spelled nuakh, and the noun variation is menukhah. The word means “settling in.” It is used to describe how locusts settle upon a field to devour it or how a group of people settle in a land. It’s a word that implies new activities are beginning, activities appropriate for a new time or place. For instance, in 2 Samuel 7:1, God instructed David to nuakh in Jerusalem, which meant he could take up the work of running his kingdom. God’s Sabbath was not a withdrawal from the world and its operations. It was not a vacation or a nap. Rather, it was the point at which he stopped bringing order to creation and took his place at the helm of what had been created. After God ceased, he settled. (https://thebibleproject.com/view-resource/206 p21)

My friends, consider yourselves fortunate when all kinds of trials come your way, … But if any of you lack wisdom, you should pray to God, who will give it to you; because God gives generously and graciously to all. But when you pray, you must believe and not doubt at all.  James 1:2‭, ‬5‭-‬6 GNTD