Exercise for me is sacred! HA! I usually get the kids to bed and run with a friend...we usually run 3-4 miles and guess what has come of it...Angie is going to church with me. She is seriously interested because she has felt so accepted and comfortable around the members! I am so excited...so yes I will definitely keep exercising on Sunday nights! and don't forget how great Sunday afternoon walks are..especially if you have teenager and pre-teen daughters!

I find exercising very difficult as I'm disabled. As the nicer weather has started here (and we don't know how long that's likely to last) hubby and I have been taking our dog down to the beach in the evening. It's a fairly gentle walk as I can't walk too far but I do what I can when I can. It also means I get to spend some quality time with hubby while enjoying the beautiful sunset.

There was a talk given at a conference many years ago about continuing to wear our Sabbath clothes through the day to remind us who's day it is. It also said to continue with if we can an article clothing on Monday as well as a reminder to keep the spirit with us. I do not think that would be possible if you are doing a workout.

One of my favorite sayings is to work enough through the week so Heavenly father can actually tell we are resting on his day.

There is a story about an Egyptian king who worked his slaves every day. He gave the option of certain religious people to take there holy day off because he knew they would refuse and be put to death anyways. He said they could rest but told them they needed to catch up with the slaves who continued to work the following day even if it meant no sleep. The Monday the slaves were exhausted and tired and were moving very slowly and being constantly whipped and had many accidents. The religious slave group not only caught up to the slaves who worked everyday but passed them and had no accidents. The king eventually caught on to this and after talking to the religious group to see if they used magic or herbs gave all his slaves a day of rest. He seen a generous improvement of there work but not the quality or safety measure the religious group had.

I did not read this in the bible though it may be there, but I actually heard the story from a history Channel story. There is several documented reasons as to why we should rest on the 7th day.

I have my opinion but instead of sharing it I suggest you ask the Lord what He wants you to do on His day. Your answer might suprise you as He is answering YOU specifically, not a group in general. His should be the only opinion that counts on this one. In addition, your testimony that He hears and answers you will grow and no one will be able to tell you differently because you got it straight from Him. Who could argue that?