It's Friday for a lot of us our work week is coming to an end and the free weekend is ahead

of us.

For others, the weekend means more work like for Christine, a nurse in Louisville.

Dear Pastor John, thank you for your wisdom over the years by God's grace.

I've grown up in a solid Christian home and I have known your name as long as I have known

my own name.

Incredible.

I recently graduated as a registered nurse and now work in an ICU that requires all nurses

to work every third weekend on Saturdays and Sundays.

Since I work day shift, this means that I miss being with the body of Christ every

third Sunday for both the morning and evening.

This is hard on me.

I believe the Sabbath is a precious day of rest and refreshment in the Lord and in the

company of His people and yet I am thankful to have the opportunity to help bring physical

healing on the Lord's day as our sweet Lord Jesus healed on the Sabbath.

What wisdom could you give to us with jobs that require weekend work?

Well, the way Christine asks this question shows remarkable discernment, it seems,

already into some of the New Testament teachings about the Lord's day.

She calls it a precious day of rest and refreshment in the Lord and in the company of His people.

That's a beautiful description.

She draws the connection between work that blesses people on the Lord's day, the way Jesus

got Himself in big trouble precisely because of healing people on the Jewish Sabbath.

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