A Day of Rest
I've enjoyed the thoughts on A Day of Rest. Jesse and I were convicted about six months ago of our need to "Keep the Sabbath day holy" and truly make it a day of rest as Scripture commands.
Since the beginning of time, God set aside one day in seven as a day for rest-- to refresh our souls for the work He has called us to do the other six days. Jesse and I realized how certain activities we were doing on the Sabbath were not very "restful."
So, we purposed to set aside the Sabbath as a day to enjoy the Lord, fellow Believers, and each other. A few things we try to do: Keep the computers off the entire day and refrain from spending money. Instead, we attend church, fellowship with other Believers, read, go to the park for a picnic, take a walk, talk, sleep, play games, or watch/listen to sermons.
Having one day in seven where we are completely undistracted from the usual hustle and bustle of life has been a balm to our spirits and a real refreshment to our marriage, our family, and our individual lives. We look forward to this day all week long. It is definitely the BEST day of the week!
How do you celebrate the Sabbath in your home?
Since the beginning of time, God set aside one day in seven as a day for rest-- to refresh our souls for the work He has called us to do the other six days. Jesse and I realized how certain activities we were doing on the Sabbath were not very "restful."
So, we purposed to set aside the Sabbath as a day to enjoy the Lord, fellow Believers, and each other. A few things we try to do: Keep the computers off the entire day and refrain from spending money. Instead, we attend church, fellowship with other Believers, read, go to the park for a picnic, take a walk, talk, sleep, play games, or watch/listen to sermons.
Having one day in seven where we are completely undistracted from the usual hustle and bustle of life has been a balm to our spirits and a real refreshment to our marriage, our family, and our individual lives. We look forward to this day all week long. It is definitely the BEST day of the week!
How do you celebrate the Sabbath in your home?
posted by Crystal Paine at 1:42 PM
3 Comments:
Neat; I didn't know you guys had started doing that, Crystal! I didn't join your Sabbath debate because I think I lack the patience to discuss it ;) I also don't honestly care _that_ much if other people see it the way we do. Sometimes I guess I am just too busy _living_ life to try to debate about everything I do! :D
I wasn't trying to cause a debate on which day to "observe the Sabbath" but oh well. :)
I've been working on improving my cooking this year and I've been trying to prepare nice Sunday family dinners more frequently. (A good book on this subject is RETURN TO SUNDAY DINNER.) I find this helps to mark Sunday as an extra-special day.
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