My attempt Simple Sabbath

Thought you might like an Update on my Simple Sabbath

It’s now been nearly three months since I’ve been offline on Sunday’s. I have found this rather freeing. Each time I think about checking facebook or twitter I remind myself that God has put it on my heart to live more focused on the simple things on Sundays. After the hustle of preparing to get ourselves and our precious Grand daughter to church by 9:00 am. We come home and I linger over the newspaper (the only one we still have delivered ), and spend time making calls to people I don’t talk with so regularly. I actually look forward to my Simple Sabbath days. In a peculiar way this is a fast of sorts for me. Cleansing and refreshing. In the future I am planning to use our winter Sunday afternoon’s to have the family over for a meal. This is something I’ve not done nearly enough of.

If there is a prayer need I wouldn’t hesitate to get online to share it. Otherwise I am keeping my lid shut on Sundays.

Here is my original post on My attempt Simple Sabbath:

First things first: I am not debating “which day” we celebrate Sabbath.

Yet there is an experiment on my heart. I’m not sure if I’ll be successful, so I’m blogging as I think out loud so to speak. And generate some conversation and maybe even put myself “out here” for the sake of accountability.

My desire is to put aside all forms of online social communications for just one day a week to focus on simply assembling with the saints, worship and family. Maybe even attempt to shut down the computer all together; however I’m not going that far yet as I think I’d be setting myself up for failure. {I do use my computer to read my Bible and to watch movies etc. just sayin’}

More like shutting down communications via the web for one day per week. No email, no twitter, no blogging, no facebook.

After church I mentioned to Tommy that I was considering doing this and he said “You aren’t going to start today are you?” “Ha”! I said, “Of course not; I’ll need to blog about the idea today!” I honestly believe that he was a bit concerned. I mean he’s likely planning on watching races or something on television that I could totally distract him from if I weren’t involved online.

I’m addicted and mostly totally engaged in online social interaction. Checking facebook and twitter incessantly not to mention e-mail and reading blogs etc.

What kind of change would this place on my day? Would I indeed benefit from the simplicity of life without these things on Sunday? Would my relationship with my Lord and my family be enhanced? How hard will this be for me?

I’m going to give this an attempt and I’m really interested in your thoughts. Today I’ll be checking in to see what you think ~smile~. And I’ll let you know how my experiment goes when I actually attempt it.

“ Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.”

Exodus 20:8-11