Peaceful Rest is a Divine Experience

I like to think of myself as being a soul with a body (as opposed to a body with a soul.)  A most common phrase when someone is a body without a soul -- that is, when they have "died" is rest in peace. But if the body is already at rest, does that phrase mean for the soul to rest?

I need to rest; I imagine you may need to rest. So, let's look at how resting the soul is a divine experience: “Let go and Let God” relies on me having to trust the Divine. When my soul is not restful is that due to me not trusting the Divine? Maybe.

One of my favorite sayings is, "God provides food for the birds, but doesn't throw it into the nest for them." That seems to call for a partnership. I can let God support and guide my soul, and keep it at rest, while I become the instrument on earth -- through my body -- to get it done. So my soul can be connected and responsive -- which sounds purposeful but restful. Sometimes I think my soul gets a notion of its own to take over. Perhaps that is why it doesn't always feel at rest.

I am going to allow my soul more rest. I might just ask the same of my body. How about you?