Today I Choose Rest

Busy. Busy. Busy.

That was my life before I got married, before we had our baby.

I was always told, "You're always so busy!" I tried to deny it at times, other times I would admit it and then there were times when I had nothing to do, that I tried to fill in it with SOMETHING!

Sundays in my family were a time of physical rest. When I became a teenager, there were times that I did not appreciate the fact that we were not doing anything after church except  reading the paper (the comics were a big thing with my sisters and I, oh and looking at the sales papers though we didn't have an money to buy any of the sale items), reading a book, eating dinner with the family, watch 60 minutes and maybe a family friendly movie while my friends were out doing something like going to the beach. My dad wholeheartedly believed that Sundays were a day of rest. I didn't appreciate this until I became a full fledged adult.

But even as an adult, I didn't fully appreciate what God calls Sabbath rest. There was always guilt attached to it for me because I didn't fully understand what it meant.

It's funny that this is the topic today because our pastor actually touched on the Sabbath today. We are going through the book of Exodus and we were in chapter 35.

Sabbath doesn't just mean that you do nothing. It is a day that you put aside to honor God through fellowship, through really spending time with Him aside from the couple of hours that you are at church, through taking a nap and just literally resting.

I could go on and on about this but this is a 5 minute write, which I guarantee you that I've written longer than that. There is so much to say about the importance of taking our Sabbath seriously. God gave it to us because He loves us and cares for us. When we don't take it, we are worn out which leads to so many things that are not good for us.

Well on that note, I'll talk to you later!

From my heart to yours,

Mrs. M