Honoring the Sabbath

Last night on my way home from the airport I was scanning the stations and stopped on a Christian station. Now while it is not uncommon for me to listen to Christian music, it is very rare for me to listen to a radio sermon. I'll be honest, I usually find them incredibly boring. I truly believe that God places things in your life and that there are no accidents, so when I actually stopped to listen and enjoyed the message, I knew it was no accident. I have no idea of the pastor's name, but he spoke about the craziness of life, and how the Sabbath is actually a gift from God to us. He spoke about the need to really take one day and truly relax. In my last blog I talked about how crazy things have been, and if you read between the lines, we aren't exactly honoring the sabbath. I'm not sure how to fix that at the moment. There isn't one single day that we simply relax. As I write this, Adam has been gone since 7 this morning studying, and I imagine he will be gone until dinner at the earliest. I just got back from Jamaica late last night, and while that sounds relaxing, I'm exhausted. It was a very fast trip for work, and of course I come home and know I have a million and one things to do. I've already got laundry going, found that Sadie decided her bathroom counter was a good place for her shoes, so I cleaned her entire bathroom, cleaned the kitchen which was a mess, reorganized the pantry, went shopping for Father's Day, all while playing with Sadie in between. So the question is, how do I honor the Sabbath? Do I just put everything on the back burner for the day? The pastor said that he actually "unplugs" on his sabbath day, which happens to be Fridays. I typically work 7 days a week between my business and day job, so do I just start saying "no" to things and even taking a day off editing and cleaning? I'm trying to relax today, but obviously having a hard time. These are rhetorical questions, but ones that I do need to figure out a way to find a little more balance and peace in our lives.