SNOW DAY!

I am one of those Moms who can't wait for a snow day!  I love having my kids and husband close.  So often life gets in the way.  We allow so much to interfere with the biggest gift God gave us - love- relationships. We desire to give our children the best and teach them well.  Certainly we must give our kids more than we had, that would make their life better.  It starts in pre-school with town sports, scouts, dance, play dates, intramurals and midweek Bible Classes.  This is good because we are helping our kids find themselves, build other relationships and bathing them in His word.  They get older and need the newest and latest in technology, equipment for hobbies, travel with teams and clubs and lead in church and in school.  Now we need two cars and more than one job each to afford what is better for our kids.  Not once do we as parents slow down to ask ourselves, "Is raising children a bigger miracle than creating the world?"  Maybe we don't ask because the answer is obvious, no.  If the answer is obvious and the question is mute is the lesson obsolete? God found it good to rest for a WHOLE day after 6 days of creating the world.  Why do we think that non-stop activity...living. would raise good kids?

God tried to lead by example and show us how to rest.  When we were to blind to see, He commands us in Exodus to do so.  When we are to greedy to stop He gave a promise that we would be blessed beyond measure in Jeremiah if we kept the Sabbath, a day of rest.  Still we run the race and forget the key to His training.  So Jesus shows us through out the New Testament how to go and be alone or in quiet fellowship with family. We find it difficult to keep Sundays 'family days' let alone Holy days. This problem has been around for centuries because Holidays (Holy Days) were designed to bring families together and offer a break in routine. Now after a Holiday we need a day of rest to recoop from all the business of it! We complain that there is no time for fun and our dinner table is getting smaller.  We have forgotten again that to be good we must rest and focus on the One who makes us good with the ones we want to be good.  A snow day is God interrupting our routine to give us another chance to focus on what the greatest gifts in life are; love and those we share it with.

Lord, help me to keep the sabbath day holy, as a sign between you and I.  Only then can I know that You are the Lord my God.  (Ezekiel 20:20)  May a Holy Sabbath be a legacy I leave my children and may they know you as their Lord God and Shine your good gracious amazing love.  Amen.