For those of you serving a church in ministry you know how difficult it can be to get the ‘rest’ you need on Sunday, so an alternative Sabbath must be observed.  The Lord said in Exodus chapter 20,

Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

I love this because the Lord Himself is commanding us to take rest.  Many times the ministry needs are overwhelming and we often feel like who can afford to take rest when there is so much to do?  This is exactly what satan wants us to feel, guilty!  But God calls it Holy.  How can something be wrong when the Lord calls it Holy?

Our family has started to make observing the Sabbath a priority by celebrating it every week.  We start on Saturday making as much advance preparation as possible for Sunday so we can rest as soon as church has ended.  On Saturday night we celebrate the start of the Sabbath with a special dinner that prepares our hearts for Sunday and morning worship.  The kids love this and really enjoyed preparing the table and making everything so special.  Our most precious guest is Jesus, we sing, pray, read scripture and enjoy each other in the Lord.

Last Sunday after church we drove to Rumbek to collect our visitors but decided to take a few days there to ‘rest’ as a family.  This allowed us some quality time together at a lodge where the kids could swim in the pool and just relax and have fun.

We really thank our heavenly Father for loving us so deeply and caring for us in such special ways and providing for us the rest we need.