I think it is important for each of us to have time away from our normal schedule. Even for me, whose schedule is not a typical 9-5 job. I believe we need time away to be able to do things that refresh us. There are many things we can do. I often times will spend time walking around outside after Kathy and Carson have gone to sleep. Our neighbor had been home all week last week with a sick two year old so she took a day to go shopping with her older daughter. My brother normally plays golf every Thursday (the way he plays golf though, makes me wonder if that is relaxing at all) Whatever you do with that sabbath time: play golf, spend time with family, read a book, go shopping, etc, it is important to have it.
It reminds me of Exodus 20:8-11 where God speaks about keeping the sabbath day holy because it belongs to him. I guess it must be pretty important because its a commandment, and there's only ten of those. Everyone needs a sabbath and time away from the hustle and bustle of their everyday work and everyday lives.
This practice is hard for me more often than not. Quite often I have to force myself to have some time to myself away from work. My suggestion is to make sure you have this time away at least once a week. It doesn't have to be an entire day, maybe just a couple hours. But make it a regular discipline.
grace&peace
kevin
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