Sunday is the day of the week following Saturday but before Monday. For Christians, Sunday is observed as a day of worship of God and to rest, due to the belief that it is the Lord’s Day, the day of Christ’s resurrection. In some Muslim countries, Sunday is a normal working day whereas Friday is the day of rest, when Muslims go to jummah prayer. According to the Hebrew calendars and traditional Christian calendars, Sunday is the first day of the week, and according to the International Organization for Standardization, ISO 8601 Sunday is the seventh and last day of the week. No century in the Gregorian calendar starts on a Sunday, whether its first year is ’00 or ’01. The Jewish New Year never falls on a Sunday. (The rules of the Hebrew calendar are designed such that the first day of Rosh Hashanah will never occur on the first, fourth, or sixth day of the Jewish week; i.e., Sunday, Wednesday, or Friday).
So what are you doing today? Are you worshipping God or just resting? You see if you’re just resting, you should, in some way, according to our history, if you’re a Christian and not Muslim or Jewish, also worship the Lord. Now most people these days have forgotten all about the worship part but embraced the rest part wholeheartedly, but throughout history, until recently, one has always gone with the other. So when did it all change? I think it’s only like in the last 40 or 50 years that we forgot about the most important part. It’s not 1000 years ago as some might think, I’ll bet my Mom, when she was a young girl, always had some sort of worship on Sunday whether it was going to church or something else like a family gathering or dinner, where grace was most certainly said. Â If you don’t remember this from your childhood, ask your parents, you might be surprised.
We must now ask ourselves, why did we stop giving even a brief thought as to what Sunday is supposed to be all about and turn it into only a day of games, rest, parties or whatever we do. I don’t know about you but I would suggest that it’s high time we think about the meaning of the day and take a look at how we give thanks to God for everything in our lives. Don’t be afraid to think about God or what you believe. It’s hard when you’ve gone for decades not giving it a thought, but it’s never too late! God is there for you, for all of us, just waiting for you to ask him into your life. You don’t have to do this out loud or discuss it with your spouse or for that matter, anyone, it’s just between you and our Lord Jesus Christ. Trust me, you’ll be better off and glad you did!
Ok, enough sermon for today. Yesterday we were busy all day. Between going to pick up a bunch of vegetables and a birthday party and dinner and Lori working all day long on decorations for the dance, we had not a moment to breathe. Finally at 7pm we were all home winding down with laundry still going. The boys were still in play mode and ran across the street to get in a few more hours of fun and games. Today we have baseball and more work around the house. Then this evening the Bronco’s are playing the Colts. We were going to go but I sold the tickets and gave the money to my Mom (she graciously buys them each year) as we’re all still kicking our colds and we’d be out way too late with work and school in the morning. We’ll go next week.
That’s it, hope you all are well, take care and God Bless you all!