TwentyEight – Day 12
Read Matthew 12.
Take a closer look at verses 1-12. In our house, we refer to Sunday afternoon as “Jammy Nap Day.” We come home from church, eat lunch, put on our jammies (i.e. PJs, pajamas, etc.) from the night before, crawl into bed and take a nap; and I’m not talking a 15-20 minute nap either…it’s more like a several hour, entire family hibernation in our house. Sure we get some flack from our kids from time to time about not being able to go out and play with their friends, or taking a shorter nap or not taking a nap at all, but we rarely budge on this. Hopefully, we’re teaching our kids to stop everything, abandon their own desires, and take a day of rest. Later, when they begin to work and take on greater responsibilities as an adult, hopefully they’ll remember this valuable principal and continue its adherence.
It’s not to say that we CAN’T do other things on this day, or that we SHOULDN’T, just that activities are the exception rather than the rule this one day a week. A day of rest, established by God from the beginning of time (Genesis 2:3), was given for our spiritual and physical well-being. FOLLOW His example. Take some time to rest, relax, rejuvinate, and recharge this week!
