Selah week, Day 1

Today is day one of Selah week. This is something Jill and I are doing: we have four kids and I work full time so it’s not like we can really retreat, but we’re attempting a smoothing out of the sharp edges of schedule this week. We’ll be eating in more, going to bed earlier, resting more. We’re each fasting on certain things: For instance, I’m staying away from sugar and caffeine, and from political blogs and news. We’ve selected an easier, somewhat less rushed schedule for the week.

Will keep you posted on how this goes.

(For starters, today, we accidentally overslept and will be late for church! Selah! 🙂

Sabbath moment: in bed by 9:00pm

It’s 8:37pm and I’m going to bed.

The teens are off at a church retreat, Blake is bedded down (but keeping one eye on the Chicago/Green Bay game). Jill is conked, it appears, in the chair.

I have two choices: there are a number of things I need to do. I’m behind on a web-project I’ve been working on. I need to do some laundry. I’m behind on some reading. So I could probably stay up and get some things done. I’d be good until at least midnight.

But I’m going to bed. I’m learning that the idea of Sabbath is a wonderful idea (of course it’s a wonderful idea; God came up with it!). I have neglected Sabbath so much in my life. And I’m addled and sleep-deprived because of it.

Tomorrow will be a busy day. But it will be a busy day after a good, long night of sleep.

I’m going to bed.

And I’m taking tomorrow off from work, too.