Sabbath
Exodus 34:21 "“You shall work six days, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during plowing time and harvest you shall rest."
at my internship today, the youth pastor said to me, "we're gonna take Tuesday off, because even amongst all the 'churchy' stuff that we do, we need to rest." and he gave a short spew about how the thing pastors do least is rest because their sabbath is their job. and i thought it was really interesting, because i've been feeling so stressed lately (it's only the 2nd week...) and it's not just school work that's stressing me out, it's stuff with internship, stuff with Chinese church, stuff with WOG, stuff with future, the list is never ending...Sunday are also my busiest days, it's just one thing after another, so i don't really "rest" on Sundays...but i think Todd had an interesting reminder today, that we absolutely need to rest, because God doesn't delight in our service either when we don't find rest. and i've really been lacking rest...aka, i don't spend enough quiet time with Him, just cause with the lack of time...so i know what i need to change to be less stressful. oh my gah, just got off the phone with my mom, i'm so lucky to have a mom like her. she made me calm down...i feel so much better :) time to finish this and go to bed!
at my internship today, the youth pastor said to me, "we're gonna take Tuesday off, because even amongst all the 'churchy' stuff that we do, we need to rest." and he gave a short spew about how the thing pastors do least is rest because their sabbath is their job. and i thought it was really interesting, because i've been feeling so stressed lately (it's only the 2nd week...) and it's not just school work that's stressing me out, it's stuff with internship, stuff with Chinese church, stuff with WOG, stuff with future, the list is never ending...Sunday are also my busiest days, it's just one thing after another, so i don't really "rest" on Sundays...but i think Todd had an interesting reminder today, that we absolutely need to rest, because God doesn't delight in our service either when we don't find rest. and i've really been lacking rest...aka, i don't spend enough quiet time with Him, just cause with the lack of time...so i know what i need to change to be less stressful. oh my gah, just got off the phone with my mom, i'm so lucky to have a mom like her. she made me calm down...i feel so much better :) time to finish this and go to bed!
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