Which of the following are similar to the ways you've served Christ in your family? [check all that apply]
• Taught your kids to see God's glory in nature
• Washed the dishes without being asked
• Played a board game with your kids
• Encouraged your wife to finish her master's degree
• Attended a child's open house at school
• Worked fewer hours to be with your family
• Set an example of a godly prayer life for your children
• Held a crying child
• Swung on the tire swing with your daughter
• Told your wife why you're still in love with her
• Told your son he's got what it takes
• Coached soccer
• Let you child correct you now and then
• Fixed the vacuum cleaner
• Taught your sons to ride a bike
• Listened patiently to a complaint of your wife
• Taped your child's artwork to your office wall
• Admitted to your kids that you were wrong
• Told your children how Christ entered your life
• Cleaned up vomit
• Taught your children to love books
• Been romantic without expecting sex
• Told your daughter she's smart/beautiful
• Set standards for your kids and stuck to them
• Dealt graciously with a busybody neighbor
• Peeled carrots
• Watched movies together
24/7 Theme of the Week: Rest Is Not Optional Sunday, June 27, 2004
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Men of IntegrityMay/June 200424/7Theme of the Week: Rest Is Not OptionalSunday, June 2773Who Said It
Don Whitney teaches spiritual formation at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City. He grew up in Osceola, Arkansas, where he worked for the radio station his father managed. Don was active in sports throughout high school and college. Before going to Midwestern, he served for 14 years as a pastor in suburban Chicago. His wife, Caffy, ministers from home as a women's Bible study teacher, artist, and freelance illustrator.
What He Said
A recent front-page article in USA Today begins, "24/7 isn't just an expression, it's a cultural earthquake that is changing the way we live." Stores stay open around the clock, e-mail piles up, and websites wait to be explored. Only the need for sleep keeps us from staying busy the whole 24 hours.
Years ago, however, culture provided a change of pace on Sunday. Few merchants opened their doors, which meant few people worked. Today, almost nothing restrains us from being as busy on the Lord's Day as on the other six days of the week.
On that day we should enjoy a sense of closure to one week and freshness of another. For that to happen, however, we must erect walls that hold back the unfinished backlog of life on one side and the appealing opportunities provided by technology and prosperity on the other. We must do it for the health of our souls and bodies, for the blessing of our families and relationships, and for the building of the church and the kingdom of God.
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