Towards Rest
One theoretical purpose of Mardi Gras is to get all your sins and desires out before you have to give it up during the Lenten season. After Mardi Gras this year, I remember joking to my housemates, "After all these parades, I'm tired of people. I'm giving up people for Lent." Little did I know that there would be a global pandemic that required me to stay at home and see as few people as possible. You would think that after about a month of self-isolation, as an introvert, I would be rejuvenated. I haven't gone to any big events. My interactions are limited. I get to stay in my house all day. I don't even have to go in to work! Yet, somehow, I find myself more and more exhausted. He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. Psalm 23:2-3 Before this pandemic, Sundays were very actively a day of rest. After church, I would go to the park by myself and sit and pray and maybe call my family.