Rest Can Be

Calm

Ease

Peace

Quiet

Change

Relief

Repose

A break

Comfort

Leisure

Pausing

Respite

Calmness

Downtime

Quietude

Stopping

Time off

Cessation

Stillness

Quiescence

Recreation

Relaxation

Refreshment

Tranquility

Not idleness

Tranquillity

A Sabbatical

A commandment

Peace of mind

National quiet

A fine medicine

Breathing space

Rest from labor

Ceasing to move

Stopping working

A place of quiet

Being undisturbed

A decision we make

Any place of repose

Rest of body or mind

Permanent habitation

A secret of greatness

Being quiet or still

Letting our brain rest

Letting our limbs rest

Peace of mind or spirit

Being quiet or tranquil

Mental or emotional calm

The sweet sauce of labor

Letting our stomachs rest

Being settled or resolved

Rest from mental exertion

Mental and emotional calm

Peace, ease or refreshment

The best thing for our body

Stopping instead of starting

Enjoying peace of conscience

What happens when we say "no”

Being calm or composed in mind

A state of reconciliation to God

The fitting of self to its sphere

Ceasing to be disturbed or agitated

A state free from motion or disturbance

Ceasing from labor, work or performance

Dismissing from the mind all care and worry

Being quiet, still, or inactive for a while

Ceasing from action or motion of any kind

Being inwardly quiet, composed, and peaceful

Trusting God will take care of things for us

Slowing down when we feel pressure to go faster

Being inactive or relaxed so as to regain energy

Choosing to do nothing when we have too much to do

Relief from anything distressing, annoying, tiring

A necessity for the health of our minds and bodies

Refreshing ease or inactivity after work or exertion

Not being agitated by fear, anxiety or other passions

Relaxation from one kind of labour by taking up another

Sometimes the most urgent and vital thing we can possibly do

Finding ease and refreshment by ceasing from work or exertion

Ceasing work or movement in order to relax, sleep, or recover strength

Ceasing motion, work, or activity, especially in order to become refreshed

The capacity to experience God in all things and recline in the knowledge of the Holy

Listening to our weariness and responding to our tiredness, not to what is making us tired

A profound peace that God gives to those who love and obey Him regardless of circumstances

Essential for our spiritual health, so that we can hear God's voice and understand what he asks of us

Rest from the cares of the world, from the things that cause us pain, and from the need to work to make ourselves acceptable to God

Lying sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky

The ultimate humiliation because in order to rest, we must admit we are not necessary, that the world can get along without us, that God's work does not depend on us