Now I am not a Pharisee who refuses to cook or clean on
Sunday though I do try to reserve the other days of the week for the heaviest
chores as well as errands. But I try to frame Sunday as a day only for church,
family and friends. So including work on my Sabbath roster led to a shift in
priorities for the day.
After facing the facts, I have decided I need to
rearrange my schedule and reclaim my Sabbath. Like an out-of-sorts toddler, I
have placed myself in time-out. While many folks use Sunday as just another day
of the week, God set it aside as a special time for us to regenerate and to
worship. My new game plan is to try to take time out each Sunday to redeem my
day of rest and all the benefits it provides.
“If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath
and from doing
as you please on my holy day,
if you call the Sabbath a delight
and the Lord’s
holy day honorable,
and if you honor it by not going your own way
and not doing
as you please or speaking idle words,
then you will find your joy in the Lord…” (Isaiah 58:13-14)
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