Wed. Message

September 10, 2025

 

Even Jesus Took Naps

 

“But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, ‘Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?’” – Mark 4:38

 

One of my favorite details in the gospels is this: Jesus took naps.  In Mark’s story of the storm at sea, while the disciples are panicking, Jesus is curled up in the back of the boat, fast asleep.

 

Now, some people read this as a story about Jesus’ divine power—he could sleep because he knew he could calm the storm with a word.  But I think it’s also just a very human detail.

 

After a long day of teaching and healing, Jesus was exhausted.  He needed rest.  And he trusted that the world—and God—would keep on spinning without him.

 

We’re not so good at that, are we?  We tell ourselves we can’t stop, can’t slow down, can’t rest.  We act like the fate of the world depends on our hustle.  But here’s the gospel truth: it doesn’t.  God is God, and we are not.

 

Rest is not laziness.  Rest is an act of faith.  It is trusting that God’s grace does not depend on our constant effort.  It is believing that the storm does not have the last word—and neither does our busyness.

 

Even Jesus took naps.  Maybe you should, too.

 

Prayer:
God of peace, help me to rest without guilt and trust without fear.  Teach me that Sabbath is not wasted time, but holy time.  Remind me that I am loved not for what I accomplish, but simply because I am yours.  Amen.

 

 

 

Coffee, September 14, 2025 ~ 

 Bible Study, the 2nd & 4th Sunday of the month at 3pm with Pastor Dustin, everyone is welcome

Sign up in the narthex if you want to volunteer to serve coffee on Sunday mornings.

Please join us upstairs before church and downstairs in the Fellowship Hall following the worship service on Sunday mornings for coffee and treats, everyone is always welcome.

The first official day of Sunday School will be Sunday, September 14. Registration sheets will be out for anyone who might be interested in enrolling the kids. 

On Sunday, September 14, we will welcome John Milles for our pulpit supply.

The Youth will do coffee every 3rd Sunday starting on Sunday, September 21st.

  The September / October Upper Room devotionals are available in the brochure cases and on the table in the narthex.

 

If you have any questions for Pastor Dustin while he is away, you are welcome to e-mail, text, or call him.

 

 

            Money Counters:   

             Sept  14  Cyndy Voight

             Sept  21  Wayne Johnson

             Sept. 28   Shari Wirkus