Keeping Sabbath
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Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has great reward.
For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God
you may receive what is promised.
Hebrews 10:35-36
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Abby and Hopie time
~ ~ ~ Abby and Hopie go to the beach. On Saturday my granddaughter, Abigail, asked if she could come to her Hopie's house all by herself. Of course, I said I would love that! Her older brother, Verne, wanted to go to a friend's house and her younger sister, Natalie, is too young to be away from mum for an overnighter. So...it was me and Abigail for the weekend. She wanted to stay 2 nights! I think she may have been slightly motivated by the need for some alone time and Natalie's late night crying. ~ We cooked homemade cornmeal waffles together for breakfast. When your grandmother is a Montessori teacher you learn to cut your waffles up by yourself. You can see the concentration on her face. I didn't help at all! Verne's first day of Kindergarten! I drove up in the morning to watch him get on the bus! He loves it! On Monday morning Abigail and I drove back up to her house. My daughter, Hannah, came over with delicious donuts and Bonnie made a breakfast of bacon, s
How lovely!
ReplyDeleteyour post's title spoke to me ... a group of us were talking about sabbath today, what it might look like if we rested fully, what it looks like when we try to cram too much into the day. your scripture and a snapshot made it all so clear, friend. thank you.
ReplyDeleteThe title really caught my eye as well - our pastors have been preaching a series on Sabbath that has really spoken to me. I love how the verse you shared doesn't specifically mention keeping Sabbath, but the idea of reaching God's promise rest is so clear.
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