What if I don’t find Sundays’s restful? On Sabbath rest + expectations -Episode #47

Finding Joy in Your Home

Jami Balmet

Religion & Spirituality, Homemaking, Living, Kids & Family, Christian, Mother, Healthy, Christianity, Joy, Homemaker, Wife

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🗓️ 23 May 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Are you struggling to find Sunday's restful? Do you desire to make Sunday about Church and fellowship but end up just feeling burnt out and even more tired? Do you sometimes wonder what the purpose in our rest is? In this practical episode, Jami tackles the important question "What if I don't find Sunday's restful?" Let's dive in! Listen to the Podcast: You can find all the links and notes for this episode below! Right click here and save-as to download this episode to your computer. I got a question in our group this week about Sunday’s and it being a day of rest. Her question resonated with me because it’s something I’ve had to give a lot of thought to and I’ve heard repeated a lot. Her question goes along the lines of: "I wasn’t raised in a Christian household and Sunday’s were a slower catch up day for us. With church and other activities, it can feel more draining than it is relaxing. Where is the "recharge" on Sunday? Help!" In today's episode we cover a few Spiritual + Practical applications for this discussions. Finding a new church IS exhausting. Before we dive into any practical take aways, we need to first ask the extremely important question “What is the Sabbath? What IS Sunday for?” Bible verses referenced: Dt. 5:12-15, Isaiah 58:13–14. What are our goals for the sabbath day? “The distinction in Isaiah 58 is between doing what is pleasing to God and doing what is pleasing to ourselves in opposition to what is pleasing to God. Presumably, what is in view in the prophetic critique is God’s judgment against the Israelites for violating the Mosaic law with respect to the Sabbath day, particularly regarding involvement in commerce. There were Israelites who wanted to be able to buy and sell seven days a week, not simply six days a week. Therefore, they violated the Sabbath commandment by seeking their own pleasure, which was to do business on the Sabbath rather than to do that which was pleasing to God.” - Ligonier.org article: https://www.ligonier.org/learn/articles/defining-debate Practical Help for Sunday: If we are viewing Sunday as a catch up day, then adding in Church + activities will be seen as a burden. Plan ahead Friday + Saturday so that Sunday isn’t your catch up day. Life as a mom who serves, is just a little different - but that doesn't mean bad Links & Resources: Great follow up episode: Moms (and dads) get those little ones to Church – Hf #310 How the Gospel Shapes Our Everyday Responses – Hf #306 Our Sponsor: Go to HelloFresh.com/homemaking16 and use code homemaking16 for up to 16 free meals AND 3 free gifts! --> Join our FREE COMMUNITY: Finding Joy Community <--

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Finding Joy in Your Home Podcast. I am your host, Jamie Valmay, and this is the podcast where we blend deeply theological topics with thoroughly practical application, all for God's glory.
0:12.6	Hey, ladies, welcome back to the Finding Joy in Your Home podcast. I'm excited to be back with you for another practical episode.
0:20.2	We've been working through
0:21.3	practical topics here on the podcast, which has been very popular, which I get because I love
0:28.3	talking about practical tips and things that we can do within our home. I think it's something
0:32.5	that as the church, we have not done well enough in recent years is equipping women and homes in just the
0:41.8	practical matters. And I think that's why there is just so much popularity around these
0:47.6	practical topics. I also think it's great because we can all learn from each other and grow in
0:52.5	different ways. The way I do something in
0:54.3	my house might not be anything like what you do in your house. And it doesn't mean either of us is
0:59.4	wrong, but we can get tips and tricks from each other. And I mean, that's the tightest two model
1:04.0	of being able to learn and grow with one another. And there are so many areas that I just feel like
1:10.4	I'm constantly growing in and learning and
1:13.8	changing and becoming different in.
1:16.8	And one of those things is Sundays.
1:20.5	So Sundays have been quite an evolution in our home of just really figuring out what works
1:26.8	well for us, building more rust into our
1:31.4	Sundays, and kind of, you know, figuring out what really the meaning of Sabbath rest is. And so we're
1:38.8	going to talk about today, what if I don't find Sundays restful? So this is the discussion that came up in our app in the community.
1:48.0	It's actually, you can download it as an app on iPhone or Android, or you can just access it via
1:52.4	browser. You can really access it however you want on your computer, your phone, whatever.
1:56.7	But it's called the Finding Joy Community. So if you go to Findingjoycom, it's free.
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