Hope and Resilience
REST: A Scripture-Forward Guide to Trust
Why can someone affirm that God is trustworthy and still feel unable to put down a single burden? REST: A Scripture-Forward Guide to Trust moves from the idea of relying on God to the daily practice of living…
By Chaplain E. Vince, BA, MTS
About this book
Why can someone affirm that God is trustworthy and still feel unable to put down a single burden? REST: A Scripture-Forward Guide to Trust moves from the idea of relying on God to the daily practice of living within limits. It explores a rest deeper than idleness and more demanding than an occasional pause in work: a posture of attention, surrender, worship, responsible release, and recognition of creaturely finitude.
The book takes seriously the unfinished-task dilemma. Many important responsibilities do not end when the day does; caregivers, parents, workers, and those carrying grief may be unable to wait until every need has been met. REST asks how a person can act responsibly without pretending to possess limitless strength or total control. Sabbath and presence are understood as more than productivity tools. They can express a theological judgment about whose care ultimately sustains the world and which duties belong to us today.
The argument connects naturally with TRUST, which examines the grounds for confidence in God. REST follows that confidence into the cadence of ordinary experience: what we take on, what we release, how we attend to other people, and how we acknowledge exhaustion without shame. It does not market rest as treatment for insomnia, burnout, or a medical disorder. Instead, it invites readers to consider a biblical understanding of rest that can coexist with real obligations, unfinished work, and unresolved circumstances.
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About the author
Eric Kline also writes under the name E. Vince.