THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Yesterday, except for our own church here in the village, we stayed home and just rested. I can't remember ever spending a whole day just resting. I probably have taken Sunday off from time to time but felt guilty if I wasn't doing something spiritual. One thing I observed is that celebrating a true Sabbath has some very practical value. As I was sitting completely idle, I considered solutions to long standing problems, new ideas for ministry, insights on Scriptural passages, and so on. God knows that if we don't take some time off we will continue missing the obvious. Maybe that's why God made observing the Sabbath one of the commandments.