8 Remember to dedicate the Sabbath day: 9 You are to labor six days and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. You must not do any workâyou, your son or daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the foreigner who is within your gates. 11 For the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and everything in them in six days; then He rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and declared it holy.
Ex 20:8-11 (HCSB)
READ for enjoyment. Read the Bible; read the newspaper; read the magazine and book that you have been saving for your “vacation”. Just read what you WANT to read and leave the rest until another day.
EAT for nourishment. Don’t just think of your physical nourishment, but think of your spiritual and psychological nourishment also. Gather with your family and eat together. Talk and share during this time, especially if it is rare that you are eating together at all.
SLEEP for satisfaction. Give yourself permission to nap in the afternoon or go to bed really early, just because you want to!
THANK GOD for obedience. There is nothing in our lives that comes to us apart from God. Think about all the blessings you have in your life, today – right this moment, and thank God for them. He desires our praise and thanksgiving and you will be blessed just by the act of doing it.
