Sunday is rest day
Albert Bogle
August 21, 2022
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Matthew 11: 28-30 (NRSVA)
28 ‘Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.’
For the Christian Sunday is the first day of the week not Monday. Sunday is the day of resurrection it is the day of rest. The day in which we can start all over again and have a new beginning. It’s the day in which we can leave the past week behind and have a fresh start. A day when we can hear Jesus say “Come unto me and I’ll give you rest”.
In our Christian communities we need to reclaim Sunday as a day of rest and relaxation.
Too often for those involved with leadership in the local congregation Sunday becomes the busiest day in the week. Yet it should be the most enjoyable and stress-free day of the week. A day in which we appreciate the gift of worship.
PRAYER:
Lord of all my days
Take hold of my Sundays
Help me
Shake out of them all the things that I can do on another day.
Teach me how to make space in my life — just to do nothing.
To enjoy being alive.
Help me make a space this Sunday to stand and stare
To be mesmerised
And spell-bound with life permeated by both beauty and hurt.
Full of so much knowledge and mystery.
We live in an incredible world.
Show me how to take time to enjoy Sunday.
Day of the Sun
Lord’s day
Day of the Son
Darkness cannot hide from you
Son of the morning
Break into our lives today
Banish the darkness
Let the light stream in on my soul
Let me rest in you presence
Relax in your care
Respond to the day
Time to Reflect:
Take a moment to think upon the place of rest and forgiveness in your life.
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