Midnight Sabbath

It has been a weird week. I am so used to being rushed and needing to squeeze the juice out of every minute. When I was in school every minute I took for my self was a minute I would be taking away from school or worse yet from spending time with my family. This evening I fell asleep at 8:00 pm. I was feeling sicker than a dog and I decided to just rest and see what that did. It was great until 2:00 am. I woke up then and have not been able to fall back to sleep. I watched a few episodes of “The West Wing,” my favorite show and started to feel guilty that the time I spent in front of the TV was time I was trading from school and family. Then I realized I don't have any more school and the family is asleep (as any normal person should be).

My life is not so important that these details should concern anybody who is not me, but I am just curious, there is so much work do be done on behalf of the Gospel. Not to mention that he who spoke the universe into creation from nothing is accessible at any moment in prayer. What is a healthy amount of down time doing nothing and at what point am I legitimately resting my body and when am I robbing myself of the opportunity to commune with and work on behalf of the creator?

I am not allergic to Sabbath. The body was designed to be at rest for certain periods. God models this for us by resting and enjoying his new creation on the seventh day. The chief end of man is to Glorify God and enjoy him forever. At what point is our rest to his Glory and when does it become sloth? Just shooting these thoughts out to the world wide web, that bastion of truth (insert ironic tone). Good morning for now I hope you have a restful labor day.