Genesis 1:1-2:4a
“In the beginning…” God worked with creativity, with intention, with delight. Six days of ordering chaos into beauty. Six days of light and sky, sea and land, creatures of every kind. And then, God stopped.
God rested.
Not because God was tired. But because the rhythm of creation is not complete without rest. Sabbath was woven into the fabric of all that is, a holy pause, a reminder that being is as sacred as doing.
Too often, we think of sabbath as a once-a-week practice, tucked away on Sunday. But what if sabbath could also be a daily rhythm? A few moments each day when we stop, breathe, and remember: we are not what we produce. We are beloved simply because we are.
This week, I invite you into a practice of Daily Sabbath Moments:
- Pause once each day. Choose a time that works for you, perhaps mid-morning, during lunch, or before bed.
- Stop what you’re doing. Let go of work, tasks, and screens.
- Rest in God’s presence. Simply breathe and be. If you wish, pray: “This is holy. This is blessed. This is enough.”
- Receive the gift. Let these moments remind you of your place in God’s good creation, not as a worker first, but as a child of God, deeply loved.
Like the evening and the morning, these pauses create a rhythm. They turn ordinary time into holy time. They allow us to live not only for God but with God, remembering that rest itself is an act of trust.
Each day this week, find your Sabbath moment. Let it be a small echo of the seventh day, a whisper of the eternal rest promised to us all.
