What can you do in twenty-four hours?
AWESOME! "24" - my favorite show in the world (with Lost as a close second) is back in action. Jack Bauer (pictured) experiences more in two hours than most people do it two years. I spell suspense: "twenty four." BOY THAT WAS CHEESY - like some of my kids Mac and cheese. (again cheesy.)
Anyways - we are digging into the ten commandments and this week we are gazing upon the commandment about remembering the Sabbath.
I grew up with Sunday being our day of rest unto God and it usually involved me trying to fake a fever to get out of evening church. Did you grow up with a day of rest and if so do you have any interesting stories about your practice of a day of rest with your family?
Rest in fleece,
sd
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More often, than not, we would end up at one of my grandma's houses and would visit with many of the extended family. Lots of aunts, uncles, and cousins. (Always lots of fun for us kids)
The Grandmas are gone now and we don't get together much anymore. :(
Perhaps it's time to start the process up with my mom and sisters and see if we can't leave some lasting memories for our kids. (It's hard with today's busy schedules though)
And I actually looked forward to Sunday night church because it was much smaller and intimate and we did more interactive stuff. If we ever watched movies at church (like "Thief in the Night" or the latest Tony Campolo, James Dobson, or Joyce Landorf) it was on Sunday night. I'm guessing my Dad just didn't want to prepare another sermon. And I don't blame him in the least. But my friends and I would always run around the basement, playing tag or whatever afterwards. Especially if we had a potluck of some kind. Otherwise we'd go home and have a snacky dinner and watch tv for the rest of the evening. I don't know if it was any kind of a day of rest, especially for my Dad. But I always liked Sundays alot. I only wish I still had some of my silk disco shirts that I used to wear as a kid.
Wow, I should have written all that on my own blog. Sorry for the book. It was good to reminisce though!
:in case you don't navigate your way to my blog...i gave you a shout out in my latest.
:also, a GREAT book on the sabbath is by a guy named Wayne Muller - check it out if you haven't already!!
:i'm with you, trying to get out of sunday night church. my sunday ritual was closely linked to barry sanders.
Peace!
Sabbath Rest = Glad and good activities that are so captivating that they remind me that I'm cherished by God and released from my duty for awhile.
Rob Paterson
That said, I believe it's important to take a day to reflect upon the goodness of God in our lives. Not only that, but we need to enjoy who and what he has given us.
And the beauty is that is something we can do any day of the week. Personally, I like Mondays.
Mom, Brenda, and I would do dishes.
Dad would start watching the football game and I would join him most of the time, or go shoot hoops at the basketball court down at the public school or ride bike.
Mom and Brenda would do some sort of crafts.
This was what our Sunday was like. Dad would normally take Mondays off as his day of rest because obviously he worked on Sundays where he and mom may have gone to town.