Have you ever had a hard time calling it a day.  The pull of unfinished work ever lure you to burn both ends of the candle?  I confess I sometimes have great difficulty turning off the voice that urges me to work just one more hour.  I was greatly helped by a quote from Prof. David Nelson that Margie Haack included in her Notes From Toad Hall Issue #3 2009 about leaving our work unfinished and calling it a day. Nelson writes

Our theological reflection (in the sense of reflection upon God) should lead us to recognize that God himself has not chosen to accomplish everything in one day, one week, month or year.  Not only does God’s creative work occur over time, but His providential work of bringing all things to His good end occurs over millenia.  Since God Himself does not accomplish all his purposes in one day, it seems odd that His people might fret, forsake rest, and live disordered lives to do what God Himself has chosen not to do.  What God could do, He does not, and what we cannot do, we attempt to do, to our own detriment.

Lord willing, you won’t be seeing any more midnight posts on the blog or see me on Facebook because I’ll be where I need to be…asleep!