Tuesdays are always a difficult. I generally rest well on Mondays, and put off most/all thoughts of "work" on that day. I am trying to live into Sabbath, trusting God in meaningful ways.
But Tuesday, my thoughts turn to my unending to do list. As I said, I am still living into Sabbath. One of the things I am still trying to do is keep from being a work-a-holic the rest of the week. After all, I'm not really trusting God if I only trust for one day, and then work the rest of the week like everything is up to me. Clearly, it is not!
At the conference in Indianapolis last week, one pastor had reflected, "like the poor, to do lists are always with us." Yesterday felt especially draining. I went home at 4:30 to spend time with my family because I was out of energy and had a 6:30 meeting. As I sat in my chair at 6:10, I found myself wondering if I was getting sick. That set off a new stream of thought and mild anxiety about my to do list.
But then we had our meeting. It happened to be a Jacob' s Well leadership team meeting. We laughed- a lot. As we discussed the items on our agenda, laughter seemed to fill us at every turn.
By the time the meeting was over, my headache was gone, and the weight of exhaustion had lifted. What a gift.
We could have a long conversation about the Sabbath :) I agree that the Sabbath was made for man and if we cannot get our work done in 6 days a week, what makes us think we can get it done in 7 days? But truly, the reason behind the Sabbath is to remember Who created us and delivered us from bondage.
ReplyDeleteI am glad your headache lifted! You, unfortunately, work harder on Sunday than any other day I imagine so it really isn't a day of rest per se????