Sunday

Usually after church our Sunday leads itself to relaxation and little else. We yield to cleaning or too much cooking, and take up other activities relative to the season or the Sabbath. We like to call it our family day and avoid much of what is happening outside the walls of our home.

Today, we have hunkered down. It is winter and cold. With a few more sickies than yesterday there has been a constant of TV viewing, napping, and eating.

I went to church alone, leaving Mick as nurse. One of today's lessons was directed on time. What we do with time, how we prioritize it. Whether we waste it away or spend it being productive.

I feel this struggle frequently. Always feeling torn between time parameters of each person's daily schedule and how I need to fit in what I need to get done each day. Frankly I get exhausted just thinking about all the juggling that goes into a days time. Wish I had the magic answer of how to manage my 24 hours more efficiently.

Today my thoughts turned to wasting Sundays away. I feel lazy on Sundays but in the same token I know myself and my family really need the down time or rest. And I enjoy having quite reflection on the days sermons. But, I could do more on Sundays or at least prioritize visiting and keeping in contact with friends, loved ones and neighbors, writing family history projects, reading, working on lessons, teaching my children better.

Maybe I'm feeling winter slowness, pregnancy slowness, but I want to be better about spending my Sabbath day wisely. Suggestions?