Over the next few weeks, I'll be posting brief snippets from Randy Frazee's book, "Making Room for Life: Trading Chaotic Lifestyles for Connected Relationships." These will be brief thoughts from the book that I found particularly challenging and thought-provoking."After describing each day’s creative work the author of Genesis would conclude the section with these words, “And there was evening, and there was morning – the first (second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth) day” (Genesis 1:5,8,13,19,23,31). At first this may not seem like a big deal, but it says something about the priorities of God’s chosen people, which we fail to understand today."
"There are essentially three major activities in each day that should be governed by night and day: productivity, relationships, and sleep. "
"The basic structure of a normal day for the Hebrews went like this: twelve hours available for productivity and work (6:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.); four hours available for relationships (6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.); and eight hours available for sleep" (10:00 p.m. – 6:00 a.m.).
"Each member of the Hebrew family would operate within these guidelines each day for six days (Sunday through Friday). On Friday at 6:00 p.m., the beginning of the seventh day, they would rest from their work (see Exodus 20:8-11)." (64)
“So important was this principle form living that God modeled it himself by taking the seventh day for rest. Did God do this because he was tired? Does divinity perspire? I don’t think so. God did not come to nightfall on the 6th day and say, “Thank me it’s Friday.” God is reinforcing a pattern that is essential for healthy, productive living.” (64)
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