This was an awesome weekend… we went to northern Virginia so Sweet Anna and Princess Irene could enjoy Mother’s day. And a fine weekend it was. Nice meals and relaxing times, saw Star Trek and took a couple of naps. I even went of a long walk to a bakery this fine morning. Relaxation is important. It has taken me a long time to learn this but I am learning it. This is what God wanted us to learn from His requirement to take a Sabbath. For many people this is a stumbling block. They have been taught that you can’t do this, you can’t do that, and the whole idea of resting and relaxation to recharge the body, soul and spirit have been lost to law. Jesus put it best when he said man was not made for the sabbath, sabbath was made for man.
A book I read a year or so ago clarified things well. We should look at the idea of the sabbath as one in which we do not work and even work hard at not working. We live today in a time of constant work. I can (and do) check my email (mostly business of one sort or another) from my phone. So I can do much of my ‘work’ from wherever I am. Thus, it requires discipline to not work. We all need rest, diversion, and relaxation. God knows best. On six days we work, on the seventh we rest. The day that is your seventh is, in my estimation, your decision, but the day of rest is needed. Oh, and it will not happen these days if you don’t plan. So plan to have a day in which you do not work. Once you get the hang of it you will be so much better off. So plan your day of rest for this week.
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