“It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD... To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night.”
The Rest
This psalm is named directly as a psalm for the sabbath day, worth holding as this movement’s own practical picture of what this day might actually, specifically include, thanksgiving, morning and night, worth considering as concrete practice rather than merely abstract cessation from ordinary labour.
Notice morning and every night, worth examining this specific timing, thanksgiving bracketing the whole day, worth holding as needed structure for your own practice of rest, not vague, unstructured stopping, but this described, deliberate rhythm, gratitude specifically marking both its beginning and its end.
This is worth applying practically to your own next actual day of rest, considering what specific thanksgiving might genuinely, deliberately mark its morning and its night, following this psalm’s own concrete pattern, worth practicing rather than merely conceptually agreeing that rest, in the abstract, is genuinely good.
Consider today, or on your own next practiced day of rest, beginning and ending with this described, deliberate thanksgiving, following this psalm’s own concrete example, worth holding as genuine, practical shape for what a sabbath day might actually, specifically include, not vague cessation but this deliberate, grateful rhythm.
Practice Rest
- Plan concrete thanksgiving for the morning and night of your own next day of rest.
- Practice this psalm’s own specific pattern, not vague cessation but deliberate, grateful rhythm.
- Give thanks today, specifically, for lovingkindness this morning and faithfulness expected tonight.
Prayer
Lord, it is good to give thanks to you, shewing forth your lovingkindness in the morning, and your faithfulness every night. Let this mark my own practiced day of rest. Amen.
Carry this today
A day of rest can be given concrete shape through deliberate thanksgiving, morning and night.