Too Busy for God?
It seems that life is just too busy. We are always running around to get everything done. We say that there are not enough hours in the day to get it all done. My daughter follows after me and begs me to do a devotion with her. Sometimes I just can’t sit down and do it because I am too busy. I know that it sounds odd that I can’t take 5-10 minutes to read with my child, but my child wants to read all of the time – not just to do a devotion. She constantly asks me to read, so I can’t wait for her to be able to read on her own! I get so impatient because there are other things that need to be done. When will I finish the things on my “to do” list?
By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 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. Genesis 2:2-3Genesis 2:2-3
English: World English Bible - WEB
2 On the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
3 God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work which he had created and made.
No, I am not taking a Sabbath. We go to church, but the day is not set aside for rest. I think that I am often less productive because I don’t take time to relax and care for myself. I have found that there are times when we have taken a Sabbath in the middle of the week rather than on Sunday because we are just too tired to do anything. We can’t muster the energy to get dressed even, so we just hang out together and play. If I were to take a Sabbath rest, I might be able to get everything done becaue my priorities would be set straight. I would end up sitting down with my sweet daughter to read anything, especially a devotion, when she wanted to read. A day of rest would allow me to rejuvinate. I would not be too busy for my kids – or for my God for that matter.
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