Closed on Sunday - February 20, 2010

Daily Reading

Leviticus 22-23

Daily Verse

"There are six days when you may work,

but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest,

a day of sacred assembly.

You are not to do any work; wherever you live,

it is a Sabbath to the LORD."

Leviticus 23:3

Daily Thought

In 1946, Truett Cathy opened a restaurant he dubbed the Dwarf Grill, because it was small. Right from the start, Cathy determined they would rest on the Lord's Day.

Closed on Sunday.

I guess you can do that when you're small.

Have you ever heard of Chick-Fil-A? That was Truett's next restaurant. Well, chain of restaurants. They're HUGE! They are everywhere.

They are closed on Sunday.

Truett Cathy explains why. "Our decision to close on Sunday was our way of honoring God and directing our attention to things more important than our business. If it took seven days to make a living with a restaurant, then we needed to be in some other line of work."

Wow! I want to support faith like that. I'm taking the family to Chick-Fil-A. So, right after church we hustled off to lunch.

They were closed.

How quickly I forget.

To God's Glory,

Dave

Daily Prayer

Creator God, in six days You created the heavens and the earth. All the glory and majesty. All of life. On the seventh day, You rested. You show us how to work and how to worship.

Our desire, God, is to be like You. To reflect Your image. To be Christlike. Father, may we rest in You. Strengthen our faith so that we trust You enough to stop. To stop our efforts. To live in Your rest, Your care, Your glory.

Amen