Resting

It has been one year and one month since I officially retired from nursing and the world of work and money and schedules.  What a happy year it has been!  Since I had worked as a weekend nurse for the previous seven years, my Number One goal was to attend church every weekend and celebrate Sunday as the Lord's Day, which we are instructed to do by the Second Commandment of God, "Remember thou keep holy the Lord's Day."

To me that means that I will actually rest, not do all the things around the house and yard I usually do.  I will only cook if I have to cook or if I have company.  I will try to do some religious reading.  Sometimes I don't but I usually manage to read the Sunday newspaper.

I thought I would be joining the world of normal folks who celebrate the Lord's Day every Sunday but I was wrong.  Even if they attend their church services, most of my family and friends work the entire day at one thing or another.  Trying to rest, now, I am the ODD ONE.  Oh well, I understand why God started this, why He rested on the seventh day after creating our immense universe: He might have been tired!

If I have a really good Sunday rest, I can resume life and work at full tilt on Monday morning.  This works well for me.  Because of the Sunday rest, I am fresh with a great attitude on Monday mornings.  I suggest you try it, if you can!

Good Lord, thank you, thank you, thank you for Sundays!!