Salvidor Dali, the famous artist, reported that when he needs a short nap, he puts a tin plate on the floor. Then he sits on a chair beside it and, holding a spoon over the plate, relaxes into a doze.

As he falls asleep, Dali relates, the spoon slips from his fingers, clatters onto the plate, and he snaps awake. Dali claims that he is completely refreshed by the sleep which occurs between the time the spoon leaves his hand and the time it hits the plate.

We really do need rest from time to time don’t we? I remember that years ago, when I worked in a certain factory, we would get two breaks before lunch and two after. It seems like many breaks to some, but if you have a monotonous job, like I had, you need breaks. We also need breaks from our lives.

Jesus would withdraw from his teaching…