Thus read a headline which caught my eye, from the Iasi, Romania newspaper. Professor Richard Wiseman says he has the antidote for stress in the midst of this economic crisis. He has, what he considers to be, the most peaceful combination of colors, sounds and smells – a room at the Hertfordshire University in Great Britain.
You enter the room and stretch out on the carpet and listen to quiet music. A green light illuminates the room while you stare at a blue screen and fans circulate a lavender scent. The participants engaged in Professor Wiseman’s experiment for a week.
The room, according to the Professor, lowers the psychological indicators of stress – blood pressure, heart rate, etc. The second advantage for participants is that they simply “feel better” when they are in the room and that has a long-term effect. Because his room (really the sights, sounds, and colors) is simple and efficient, he believes he has found the solution for stress. He hopes his idea will spread; that his “rooms” will soon be found around the world in public places, such as airports. A man who works for the Swedish bank Svenska Handelsbanken likes the idea, adding, “you can relax during the day and take a break and reflect.”
The Swede got closer to the heart of dealing with stress than the Brit did – relaxing. Similarly, I received a Peanuts cartoon through e-mail, in which Linus, ever anticipatory of the “Great Pumpkin,” sits in the pumpkin patch two weeks before Halloween. He tells Charlie Brown: “Most psychiatrists agree that sitting in a pumpkin patch is excellent therapy for a troubled mind.”
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Man likes to find refuge in other places besides his Creator. The Lord mocks his own people who do such – “Where are their gods, The rock in which they sought refuge?” (Deuteronomy 32:37). Boaz invited the pagan Ruth to come to the “most relaxing place in the world” – “May the Lord reward your work, and your wages be full from the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to seek refuge” (Ruth 2:12; see also Psalms 36:7).
The most relaxing place in the world is in your own home. It’s the room where you enter to commune with God. David writes a psalm, recorded in 2 Samuel 22:31 – “As for God, His way is blameless; The word of the Lord is tested; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.”
We dare not seek ultimate refuge in those things that are fleeting, both tangible items like wealth and intangible items like music, colors, and sounds, or our own feelings. “Because you have said, ‘We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have made a pact. The overwhelming scourge will not reach us when it passes by, for we have made falsehood our refuge and we have concealed ourselves with deception” (Isaiah 28:15).
The life, sacrifice, and resurrection of Jesus Christ are a guarantee that God will provide for those who trust in Him. If God can raise Jesus from the dead, He can easily put food on my table. The “most relaxing place in the world” is where you go to find refuge in God and in Christ. And that place is already available all over the world.
