{"id":1070,"date":"2012-04-28T09:40:36","date_gmt":"2012-04-28T13:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/?p=1070"},"modified":"2016-10-19T08:09:30","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T12:09:30","slug":"difference-between-sleep-and-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2012\/04\/difference-between-sleep-and-rest.html","title":{"rendered":"Difference Between Sleep and Rest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How is your day?<\/p>\n<p>Did you sleep okay last night?<\/p>\n<p>When I get a good night\u2019s sleep, I ask myself, why? What did I do differently? I search the internet for clues. This morning, I came across an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mnn.com\/health\/fitness-well-being\/stories\/home-remedies-for-insomnia\">mnn webpage about insomnia<\/a>, I found something I could relate to\u2014the image of the guy reading the book.<\/p>\n<p>In bed, my husband reads the Bible (or books on spirituality) out loud to me while I rest. And I believe it helps me with my sleeping.<\/p>\n<p>From <em>21<sup>st<\/sup> Century Science and Health, \u201c<\/em>A person may say that indigestion, fatigue, and insomnia cause distressed stomachs and aching heads. They will consult their ever-re-wiring brain in order to remember the troublesome cause when the remedy lies in forgetting the earthbound experiences\u2026<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cGenesis 2:2.<\/em> By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;<\/em>God rests in action. Imparting has not impoverished and can never impoverish the divine Mind. As understood in divine Science, no exhaustion follows the action of this Mind. The <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/2011\/10\/listen-up.html\">most satisfying and sweetest rest<\/a>, even from a human standpoint, is in holy work.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How is your day? Did you sleep okay last night? When I get a good night\u2019s sleep, I ask myself, why? What did I do differently? I search the internet for clues. 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