Taking Care of My Spirit

This has been a very looooooooonnnnng week!  It's only going to be 5 days that I work this week, but this weekend will be my 3rd weekend, 3rd Sabbath, in a row to work, so my spirit, soul and body are TIRED!!  (I had Monday off as a comp day for last Saturday). 

Ok, even to me that sounds like blah blah blah blah!   To make it easier, I do NOT appreciate having to work on the Sabbath.  And THAT is precisely why my spirit is tired, and if my spirit is tired, it only follows that my soul and body are tired.

A lot of people think of it the other way around; if their body is tired, then the rest of them is tired.  But for me, and many others that I know of; spirit tired, soul and body tired.  I can go a long time exerting myself physically, hiking, working, playing with grandkids,  etc,  if my spirit is refreshed.  But if my spirit is tired and has not had time for recuperation and restoration, then it doesn't matter if I've had 6, 8, 10 hours of sleep, I'm still tired. 

My spirit has to be able to rest, and for some reason, look at the Torah, I always rest better on the Sabbath.  I can "rest" all day on my Monday comp days, but then I just feel like I've wasted a day. But if I rest the full 24 hours of the Sabbath, Friday sundown to Saturday sundown then I feel fully restored, spirit, soul and body!  Even if my grandkids are staying the day!  I always have my meals already prepared or else I just make sandwiches.  I study the Torah portions and spend time in prayer, read, etc, as long as it's not restful or any kind of work.  I can do the same things any other day of the week and not get the same results.

Needless to say, I'm looking forward to Sabbath after next when I can actually honor the Sabbath, spirit, soul and body!

These three weeks have taught me a serious lesson, about taking care of my spirit, so my spirit can take care of the rest of me!

I think the world has it backwards, and this has been a very looooooooonnnnng week!