humanizing rest

What if God's resting on the seventh day was not because he was in need of rest, but because creation was in need of rest? What if, in resting, the Creator was implanting into His creation a certain rhythm to time and life? It would seem to me that to ignore these rhythms of work and rest would be dehumanizing--a failure to fully re-present the image of God. In working too much (i.e., busy-ness), we do not give the creation the opportunity to function according to the rhythms of the created order. In working too little (i.e., laziness), we do not engage in the kind of sub-creative (i.e., creating under God) work to which we were called.