It’s the sabbath. Not doing laundry today or washing the car or tackling computer projects.
Resting my soul, too, and so, no unnecessary worrying about daily things or fretting over the big questions of life that I haven’t been able to figure out during decades of trying. Sunday should be free of that stuff.
It is hard to cease. Just try it. You can do it.
Stop working on Sundays because time isn’t money. You get to spend the time the Lord has given you to rest your weary head and tired body. The day is the Lord’s gift to you and me. It’s a refreshment break, a grace-filled space in the week as sacred as the church sanctuary. To break the sabbath is sinful, an act of ingratitude.
Cease.
Rest.
Embrace life and those around you. “I have come to bring you life,” says Our Lord, “and life in abundance.” Take the offer of abundant life.
Feast. It’s O.K. to take the time to eat good food and drink, preferably with those you love. Alone, too, if necessary.
Pray. On Sunday, eat and drink something nourishing for your spirit, too. So, pray. At the Sunday Eucharist with the rest of us and also in some private moments. Try praying while you take a walk, or drive to Walgreens. A good prayer is “Thanks!” Lots of our prayers are
“Gimmies” but on the Sabbath it should be gratitude that we offer Our Lord.
Thank God it’s Sunday.