Here is part 2 of the book study this week. Let's be in conversation!
For the sake of our conversations: Sabbath is defined as a time of rest with God where you can take time to reset your thoughts, values, mindset to God's ways, not the ways of this world.
1. Pick one day that you could truly be at rest, or a half-day. What do you usually do that day/time and make a list of those activities? Make a pretty complete list. So if you pick Sunday, make a list of everything (even the small things) you do on Sundays most weeks. Underline the activities you find can be characterized at Sabbath restfulness for you. Circle the ones that are anxiety-inducing. (PS, make a real actual list on paper or in your phone/computer. Keep it for next week)
2. Share in reply to this post what you wish from this exercise and anything it may have taught you.
3. Pray for the person above you.
#SabbathasResistance
- Sundays are days I try to make sabbath. I find I waste much time on devices and tv which isn’t really productive rest.
- This is something I am not good at! BUT, one of my goals for this year is to be healthier and part of that is giving myself time off-less working and spending more time with family. I think I will have to start gradually, so I am going to say Saturday afternoons will be my Sabbath. We usually spend Saturday mornings cleaning the house since things pile up during the week (with some intentionality, this could change). I am also the most productive in the morning so I try to get work done then.
- My plan is to have Sunday be my Sabbath. So far, not going as planned, so I am taking time on Sunday afternoon, last Sunday and today, to just sit....be it watching football, a nap in the recliner....unplug from the phone and the needs of others.