Good Housekeeping is an American and British lifestyle magazine covering a wide range of topics, from home decorating and renovation, to health, beauty, food and entertainment. On April 3, 2024, the magazine published an article titled “How a ‘Sunday Reset’ Can Make You More Productive” and was pushing the idea that Sunday ought to be our favorite day of the week. It included statements from so-called experts who urged everyone to participate in a “Sunday Reset” in order to improve society.
Good Housekeeping published the following:
• “Sunday is my favorite day. The end of a productive week; the untarnished hope for a new one. The social acceptance that on a Sunday, it’s OK to stay home and read all day if you so wish (and I do wish).” [1]
• “Women’s counselor, Georgina Sturmer, believes that the ‘Sunday reset’ is partly about finding control in our busy lives. ‘[It] has a lot to do with finding ways to relax and feel peaceful, but also to create order when we are surrounded by so many things that are out of control,’ she says.” [1]
• “Self-improvement author, Tanith Carey, agreed — and shared that the ‘Sunday reset’ is a ritual she partakes in herself. ‘I clear away any clothes, nick-nacks, or things that need to be put away, that prevent me from thinking clearly’.” [1]
• “Ready to make better choices and get in control of this … mess? Enter the Sunday reset.” [1]
It’s interesting that the article offers no proof whatsoever for why Sundays should be the day when people unwind and reset. It is simply assumed that Sunday is already universally acknowledged as a day to recharge and prepare for the coming week. The article calls Sunday the “end of a productive week,” which is not true. Sunday marks the beginning of the week, not its conclusion. Furthermore, they assert that Sunday was chosen as our reset day by “social acceptance.” Essentially, Sunday is special because of what the majority says.
Good Housekeeping also calls the “Sunday reset” a ritual or some kind of spiritual exercise that must be safeguarded. In other words, if we want to get the most out of Sundays, we need to experience the Sunday reset once a week. The article concludes by urging everyone to “enter into the Sunday reset.” Basically, Sunday is being reinforced as the foundation of our social and cultural ties as well as the way to promote health and wellbeing.
God’s word says the exact opposite. We are told clearly that the seventh day, Saturday, is the day of rest (Exodus 20:10). The Bible tells us that God rested on the seventh day from all his works (Hebrews 4:4) and that we must also enter into that same rest (Hebrews 4:10). Who gave anyone the right to change the order that God Himself established and codified in His moral law? God, in His wisdom, expressed His will for mankind and established His day of rest for our own benefit.
However, we see yet another attempt to alter the divine commandment in this article. We are seeing the replacement of the Sabbath of the Lord with the day of the sun by one more voice among many. This strikes at the very heart of the law of God, for the Sabbath commandment is the one that identifies our God as the Creator of the heavens and the earth.
The Bible gives us a record of the seven days in the week from creation to the present day. Thus, we have the week, with its seven days marked off by the Sabbath, reminding us of God. God created the heavens and the earth in six days and rested on the seventh day, sanctifying it as a day of rest and worship. The Sabbath, therefore, serves as a weekly reminder of God’s creation and his role as the sustainer and ruler of the universe.
“Those who keep God’s commandments, those who live not by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God, compose the church of the living God. Those who choose to follow antichrist are subjects of the great apostate. Ranged under the banner of Satan, they break God’s law, and lead others to break it. They endeavor so to frame the laws of nations that men shall show their loyalty to earthly governments by trampling upon the laws of God’s kingdom” (Manuscript 24, 1891).
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[1] https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/house-and-home/a45569722/sunday-reset/
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