I love a good rocking chair. We have always kept a pair, since the early days of our marriage. We had Rubbermaid in white (think "Little Tikes" for many years. Then we added some wicker furniture with two rockers.
We have a new outdoor set for the backyard. Randy and Daisy Mae needed a couch. I wanted rockers. Rocking is soul soothing.
When the boys were babies and needed to be nursed or consoled, the glider rocker was where I would rock them until they fell back to sleep. Sometimes the comforting motion would lull us both to sleep.
"Anxiety is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but it doesn't get you very far." -Jodi Picoult
The soothing rhythm found in rocking helps us to sort through the good and the bad in life. A person can think, rest, and restore in a rocking chair.
One of the first verses I memorized on my own was this: "Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?" - Matthew 25:27
Do not fret. Just rock and rest.
Today, I am grateful for rocking chairs.
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