The Seventh Day Day 321

Genesis 2:2  By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.

Rest, renew and restore do we take the time; the time that God took when He was finished His job......Genesis 2:3  And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.

Now that I`ve adjusted to my sixth decade of life, it comes with the privilege of reminiscing and remembering.  I remember when Sunday was the day of rest and family time.  Stores and malls, oops there weren`t any malls, where closed. Blue law required closure for the Holy Day.  The majority  of people had the day off.  A day to rest, relax, enjoy and recharge; sharing family meals, delighting in a home-cooked fried chicken, served at the dinning room table.

  That evening we would gather in the living room, around the one and only television. Watching "together" Walt Disney and The Ed Sullivan Show, Elvis`s swivels hips were banned and blocked from view.  In nineteen hundred and sixty-four the Beatles took the stage for the first time in the United States.  Beatle-mania swept the nation, "I Wanna Hold Your Hand," I fell in love with Ringo!  Now this amazes me, at the age of 13, I fell for the one Beatle that would struggle with alcoholism, later in life.  How does this happens!  Are we drawn by our genetic make-up or the sin in us, gravitating to our own likeness, even before we walk that journey????

Proverbs 4:25-26  Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your glaze directly before you.  Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm.

Alright, back to two thousand and eleven, a new time, a new society and a new way of life, but nothing has changed, God still requires and urges us to rest.  Maybe, our Sabbath, our Holy Day, will be Monday, Tuesday, or Friday whatever day we have off.  Listen to that little voice, is it the Holy Spirit, urging you to slow down and smell the roses, before they wither and die!  Trust me, time passes so quickly, live in the moment and enjoy the gifts from God, inhale His Grace and Mercy.

2 Peter 3:9-10  The LORD is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness.  He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.  But the day of the LORD will come like a thief.  The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.

Commune with the LORD, pray for wisdom, strength and understanding, receive His Grace.  Amen!