Latley I have been noticing a trend in my weeks, I feel like I have completly lost control of myself, my kids, and my house. Previously I had no idea what was happening and how this came to be. I really thought I had it all together and I was really on a roll with my parenting, my house was staying realatively clean, I had energy, my mind was clear and focused; but it just didn't last. I have been wlaking around for quite some time now with a fog in my head, and a dark cloud over it. My discipline is ineffective, my energy level is way below zero, my house is always a wreck, and I am so distracted and forgetful I feel I belong in an instituiton.
What has happened to me? God was very gracious to give me a clear picture of what I have let happen to me and it all comes back to Sundays. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it Holy. Six days shall you labor and do all your hard work, but the seventh day is a sabbath of the Lord your God...therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath and made it holy. Exodus 20:8-11 (NASB) I had always thought of the Sabbath as a day of rest; a day to go to church to whole heartedly worship the Lord then go home, watch the race ( I am a huge NASCAR fan) and just relax the whole day. However recently I haven't even been obeying the rest part of this particular commandment. I have filled my Sundays with stress and work; catch up on the housework, get ready for school, get everything I neglected all weekend long done before my husbands next stretch of 12 hour days, nights, or both, run errands, and finish any extra chores or projects needing attention.
My real problem is the second part of the command; keep it holy. Previously just going to church was, in my mind, enough to fulfill this part. I was wrong. The sabbath is a full day to be kept sacred, to focus on Crist and Spiritually refuel to face a week in the world. Just a Sunday morning worship service is simply not enough to prepare me for the week, however great the service may be (and I have never attended a worship service at our church that was anything less than great) My half hearted sabbath has crept from the afternoons into my Sunday mornings and I have begun to find myself distracted and stressed, worshipping half hearted or not at all. My weeks are showing this in full force.
I have realized, just today in fact, that if I were to take the whole day and set it apart to fully worship Him all day long, it would set the tone for my whole week. I feel that if I whole heartedly worship for the full sabbath I will wholeheartedly worship on Monday and continue through the week. This will set off a chain reaction, I will get my brain back, I will get my children back, my house will be a home, I will be connected and in tune with Christ and able to serve him as a servant, wife and mother ( in that order.) If I give the Sabbath back to the Lord, to whom it truly belongs, He will bless me, and I will beable to bless my family and my home.
Little Lane's Legacy
9 years ago
2 comments:
That reminds me of a song we used to sing when I was a kid... about preparing for the Sabbath... it even reminds us that maybe we should have our kids take their baths on Saturday! When I get all bundled up with those worries, I sometimes come up with that tune... it is a great reminder. I even tried when I was in school to have all my schoolwork done the Sabbath before. It is wonderful feeling to actually know you can relax. I hope you are able to recapture that!
Some people think that the Sabbath was done away after the death of Christ because they think the seventh-day Sabbath was just a ritual under the Old Covenant. But as I point out in my blog, Jesus said that the Sabbath was made for man (mankind), not just the Jews (Mark 2:27).
There are many scriptures that show that the Ten Comamndments are still in force under the New Covenant, and this means that the Sabbath still exists and is not an Old Covenant ritural only. God made the Sabbath day as a blessing for mankind.
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