Friends,
90% of Biegner Winter is over....Wahoo! But we should enjoy it while we're in it!
Yesterday was Sunday...some would call it Sabbath...a time for rest, play and overall goofiness. I don't get a lot of Sabbath time on Sundays when I'm preaching at the four weekend services, but this weekend I caught a few hours on Sunday afternoon to play with the kids and watch an awesome (despite the ending) hockey game (which ended at 5:56pm and my 6pm service started at ....6pm...luckily I live 1/4 mile from church, eh?)
So this is what the kids and I did with a few minutes of our Sabbath this Sunday afternoon:
General silliness!
I finally (after 4+ years of the kids using a Notre Dame colored can) replaced the toilet in the kid's bathroom. So Michelle thought this would be a great idea...which Drew, Lauren and I took all of 1.2 seconds to agree with!
It took us all of 6 minutes to create this little work of art and we laughed the whole time.
It might have been the best thing I did with my kids all day. Maybe all week.
"The Sabbath was made for humankind." Mark 2:27
It really was/is...made for us! To enjoy one another. To laugh. To relax. To be goof balls. To make borderline offensive to some snow creations.
And through all the silliness, I took in a deep breath of God and worshipped...in a snow bank...soaking wet...with snow balls...two laughing kids...and a 60's yellow toilet.
It was a Sabbath moment.
For me and the kids, it landed on a Sunday. But they can be anywhere...anytime...with anyone. Here's what they look like: letting down your guard, releasing your worries to God, and recognizing that the Lord is bigger than any style or shape and wants to connect to us in many different ways. And in my little community of two kids and toilet at the end of my driveway, I worshipped.
Take your Sabbath time! It is there for you. It's a gift from God. Play! Enjoy! Make something ridiculous out of snow! Do something silly! And laugh. Knowing it's all a gift from God...made for you!
Lord, thanks...help me play. Amen
Still in One Peace,
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