Sunday is our day of Sabbath.  It is the day of rest.  I would probably say that most of us do not take this biblical way of doing life seriously.  Typically we play catch up on Sunday.  We do the tasks that didn’t get done during the week so we can have a fresh start on Monday.  Or maybe we follow the world and concentrate on sports activities because the coaches all work during the week so they can only have practices on Sundays.  Or maybe we are busy in the kitchen preparing a big brunch for our family or friends after church.  Oh but then we will have to clean the house before any friend comes over.

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So what do you do on Sunday, on the day of Sabbath?  Do you really rest as God proclaims we should like he did or do you play catch up, run kids to activities, and entertain or do you recover like I will.

Today, because of my activities yesterday I HAVE to rest.

I like to say I acted “normal” yesterday. I didn’t let my fibro body determine my schedule.

I woke, checked out social media, got kids breakfast, got dressed, picked up house a little then I took my kids to theatre camp, left them to attend a class they each do at the same time, ran to the store to take back some clothes that didn’t fit the kids, ran back to theatre camp to get my son, left his sister to go to her second theatre class, went to 3 second hand shops all right next to each other, went back to theatre camp, sat with my son for about 45 minutes waiting for his sister, took kids to drive thru lunch after theatre classes, went to my parents to eat and pick up a bag my sister had for me, went back to theatre to sit while kids auditioned for a play, two hours later drove home which was 7 1/2 hours after we left the house,  talked to hubby, put away some groceries he picked up, picked up house a little bit, talked more to hubby, changed clothes and by this time it was 5pm…12 hours from wake up, ………..

and the fibro took over.  I couldn’t make a choice of letting the fibro determine  my schedule……………I lay down intending to get off my feet flat for about an hour before supper………….hubby grilled supper, family ate supper, I could not move, still laying in bed but watched a little tv with son, kept dozing off in between his show and the tv just being on after he left room, don’t remember much but waking up on and off during night and not being able to get up or do anything but turn over, body hurts, body hurts bad, body feels like it was drugged thru a grinding machine, body definitely not NORMAL.

5 am is here, I am awake and up from bed, exhausted, have runny nose, feel so tired and not rested, my body aches, feel lousy and house is quiet for now, sitting on couch catching up on emails, twitter, and social media, body not functioning properly, brain is not functioning properly, body is not moving correctly so not sure I can get ready for church, attend Sunday school, go to service, cook brunch, play with kids, or go to small group, or take my daughter to volleyball practice

I may heed his words today and just REST……………. but if I was normal without fibro……..what would I be doing on this day of rest?  I hope I would be doing the same after attending church service but something tells me I may not be acting differently.

Tell me what you are doing?  Do you rest on Sunday, on the Sabbath?  Do you recover from your trying to act like normal days?  If you are normal, meaning without chronic illness, do you run around working for yourself and others or do you REST  on the Sabbath?

Leviticus 23:3

The Sabbath “‘There are six days when you may work, but the seventh day is a day of sabbathrest, a day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; wherever you live, it is a sabbath to the LORD.

Did you know there are many, many, many verses directing us to rest?  Just do a search for “sabbath rest” at Biblegateway and you will find out!

I am still taking a break and praying for clarity but wanted to share one of the many things I am praying about…..how to make our home our retreat.

I don’t want this house nor do I want to get rid of everything and cut out the clutter completely.

But I do want the feeling………..can you feel it…...the peace……….the quiet…………..the tranquil?

She seems at peace with her life.  You can hear it in her voice.  That is what I want for me and my family.

I want our home to be our retreat………..our peace………….our quiet.

I want our home to be our escape from the “world” where Satan seems to reign on most days.

I want our kids and my husband to feel safe and at peace when they walk through our doors. 

I just want more than a 12 x 12 space to do this!!

Is your home your retreat?  And if it really is, how do you make it that way?

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