Well, this past Sabbath was a flop. It started with me getting up too late to attend worship. Then I went into the living room where my husband was watching television. Without a thought I grabbed a cup of coffee and joined him. During the afternoon we took our dog for a walk by the stream. It was a gorgeous day for it. When we arrived home I sat down and began working on my knitting, while my husband put up some halloween decorations. At 5pm our guests arrived. By the time they had left I was tired and found myself irratated with my husband for not thinking of something to do with me besides watch television. Not taking into consideration how tired he must have been after decorating and cooking the dinner for our guests! Instead, I got an attitude and went to my study and read while I pouted.
So how was work today? Not so good. I was tired and aware of how different today felt as opposed to last week when I had listened to God and rested on the Sabbath. I stopped berating myself around lunchtime. As I looked ahead for this week I realized how much I needed the day of rest.
God wasn't just telling me to rest to please Him; he gave it to me to help me out. He knows how busy my life continues to get and by not listening to my Heavenly Fathers wishes to obey the Sabbath I am paying dearly. Not just physically, but emotionally and spiritually as well. It surprises me how active my life has become when I cannot even relax on one day of the week
What am I going to do with this new knowledge? As I told my husband this morning; no more dinner guests on Sundays. only rest and quality time together. Any work needing to be done will need to get done Saturday. As for not getting up on time; no more excuses. If I choose to stay up until midnight with friends then I will have to pay the consequences. I am no longer a young chicken and staying up past 10pm is hard on my body!
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