What a beautiful day we are having!! I love this time of year!! I met some friends at the movies to see Mama Mia, very cute. I love feel good movies!! These were some of the same ladies that joined me in doing the summer bible study, No Other Gods by Kelly Minter! It has been a turning point for me, putting away my idols and making room for God which means; I am trusting Him to help me develop some deeper friendships and to make new ones. I have put such a wall up around me, my entire life, just to protect myself and it has also served as my own prison. I have lived in such fear of really letting others close to me, fear of what they would really think if they "really" knew me. I am stripping down my wall and taking chances! God is giving me such a peace in this area, even though I have only started on this new journey. I am trusting God more completely, by allowing other women into my heart, is allowing God to work through these women in my heart, if that makes sense. It may take some time, but I know it will be well worth it!
I am also reading a new book, one that was recommended on another blog I read, called Sabbath Keeping by Lynne Baab. It is wonderful! Very short but so much there! At the end of each chapter are a couple of questions for the reader to really think about and pray about. I love the whole idea of having a "sabbath" or a day of stopping my normal routine to totally be free, free to play, laugh, enjoy my family, freedom from all that occupies my time just taking care of life. I hope to start this very soon, or at least just to fine tune our "sabbath" time we currently have and to be more deliberate in what we are doing and having a better awarness of why! I will keep you posted as to what we do and how it is bring glory to God! Enjoy the rest of the day!!
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Cindy, thank you for your comment on my blog. Glad what I said about Jesus' baptism helped you.
The blog you wrote about the sabbath is really good. I understood about the sabbath more when I understood that the word "sabbath" means "intermission", not "seventh" or "Saturday". Actually, the day of rest, as I'm sure you know, is a "creation ordinance", that is, given before the 10 Commandments were even written. God rested!
I try to do no unnecessary work on Sunday (our first-day-of-the-week sabbath). I still do housework, but nothing heavy or unnecessary, if it can possibly wait until Monday. (If it can't wait, I just do it, and don't worry about it.) What a rest! God gave that rest for our benefit, not to take away our fun!
Interestingly enough, we live in farm country, and are privileged to be acquainted with very elderly people who remember when people used horses to pull plows and buggies.
They said that back then, you HAD to take a day of rest, because animals could not be worked seven days in a row. They would drop dead. But now with mechanization, we can go, go, go!!!
But all work and no play (or
I will have to try to read the books you recommended.
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