to quote someone else: Henri Nouwen

"The literal translation of the words 'pray always' is 'come to rest.' The Greek word for rest is hesychia, and hesychasm is the term which refers to the spirituality of the desert. A hesychast is a man or a woman who seeks solitude and silence as the ways to unceasing prayer. The prayer of the hesychasts is a prayer of rest. This rest, however, has little to do with the absense of conflict or pain. It is a rest in God in the midst of a very intense daily struggle." (bold added)

Taken from The Way of the Heart by Henri Nouwen

I don't think there are many days of in youth ministry that are void of conflict or pain. But there should always be days of rest, rest in God. May these words from Henri Nouwen encourage you to find rest in God, even in the midst of parents being upset or elders not understanding or students being argumentative or youth coaches being apathetic.

Today, rest in God!