“Don’t let the DAY become more important than the INTENT.” from A Walk With The Lord.
By INTENT, I do not have a Sabbath in my week. I know that needs to change. I need to live intentionally, and not by accident. A lot of my day to day activities are random and “accidental”. I’ve been working at changing that over the last year or so. And I believe that my hunt for what a Sabbath truly is has stemmed from that desire to be more intentional.
In the Bible and today, a Sabbath is a day for not working. I don’t work outside the home but I certainly work a lot! So, what would my Sabbath look like? I would choose to cook very little. I would not do laundry. I would do the very basics. In order to pull this off, I will have to be very intentional and productive through out the rest of the week.
Another thing I keep hearing and reading, but haven’t seen the verses for is: Don’t do the ordinary things. Well what would be ordinary for me to do day to day? Computer stuff. I would have to give up my computer time and replace it with something. What would I replace that time with on “a day of rest in the Lord?” (another phrase I keep hearing.) Bible stuff, reading, prayer, singing. Family time. Nature walk (until it gets really cold), time at the park.
Is the Sabbath a day to do things we enjoy doing? I haven’t come to a complete decision on this yet. I think we should do things that we enjoy doing on the Sabbath. To me, that would be restful, and renewing and would certainly put me in a better frame of mind to worship my Savior and Lord.
Slowly, my Sabbath is developing.
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