I took Chance and Paxton in to get their haircut today… just in time for the holidays.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Maybe now, strangers will stop asking me if my little “girl” is one yet. Um… he’s wearing ALL BOY CLOTHES? I digress.

Sometimes… all we need is a “clean-up” to feel a bit better.

I know when my whole house is a mess, if I just clean up my kitchen counters, sweep and wipe everything down (15 minutes worth of work), I’ll immediately feel better and have a new outlook.

Life works a bit differently.

Or does it?

My life is jam packed full of… well.. LIFE.

It’s not just my schedule… it’s my whole family’s, seeing that I’m the CEO of my home AND the Worship Pastor of my church. If you’re like me, you find yourself scheduling in drop-off & pick-ups to and from pre-school, doctor’s appointments, counseling appointments, staff meetings, worship band practices, girlfriend time, date nights with Brian, small group, bible studies, play groups… and the list goes on.  When do you find time to just BE?

About a month ago, I had enough of the rat race. I had almost lost everything once… I wasn’t about to spiral out of control again.  So, I chose rest.

TUESDAYS.

I schedule NOTHING on Tuesdays. Why Tuesday? I don’t know… I can’t do Sunday because I work at a church. Saturdays are family days and prep days for Sundays. Monday, Wednesday and Friday is school for Chance. Mondays are usually also my “hangover from the weekend” day. Thursday is counseling with Brian and small group. So, Tuesday was the big winner!

It’s my Sabbath. It’s the day I invest in my family.

No grocery shopping
No stressful housekeeping
No play dates
No girlfriend dates
No prepping for worship services
No cleaning out my email inbox (though I may read them during the kids’ naps)

Instead, the kids and I do whatever we want… together.

We play
We sleep
We watch movies
We read
We talk about God
We make up stories
We dream
And when the kids nap, I drink in His Word.

I have no deadlines on Tuesday.

And when I get that urge of anxiety of NEEDING to do something… I just write it down on my list of “to-do’s” for Wednesday. It works. I need it. To be better wives, husbands, parents, friends, leaders, servants…We ALL need it.

So… do you keep a Sabbath?  Do you get to rest?

Because, if you don’t… you need to clean up so you can!