WHEN NOT DOING NURSING is KINDNESS

The days off from being the bedside nurse, the managing nurse, the classroom educator nurse, or whatever nurse role you find yourself in, are essential.  As nurses, we know the fundamental functions of the body and how rest is absolutely essential to the functioning of a healthy body.  Rest is so important to God that He wrote it on the stone tablets for Moses. 

How many years did Moses lead the children of Israel?  How long did he lead them as ordained by the Sovereign Lord?  For forty years, Moses led the Children of Israel.  But take a look at Exodus 18:18. “Both you and these people who are with you will surely wear yourselves out.  For this thing is too much for you; you are not able to perform it by yourself.”  And Moses speaking in Deuteronomy 1:9, “and I spoke to you at that time, saying “I alone am not able to bear you.’” Verse 12 says, “How can I alone bear your problems and your burdens and your complaints?”

Which one of us has had that discussion with ourselves about working frequent nursing shifts being more than we can bear? Just as Moses became honest with himself,  we must show kindness to ourselves by knowing when to say “no,” when to take off that day to rest, when to abstain from volunteering for another extra shift, or forfeiting our plans, yet again!  We must rest, refresh, and renew… We must … be kind … to ourselves.  

Today’s Prompts

Make a plan for a Sabbath Day of rest.

Today’s Scripture

Genesis 2:2-3 “By the seventh day, God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.  Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.”

Todays’ Declaration

“According to Genesis 2:2, I will rest from work.”

-PEGGI HUDSPITH

AUTHOR OF “IT’S BREAK TIME FOR NURSES”