A Month of Sundays

In today’s hectic and distressing world, demands and distractions agitate our spirits. Disasters trigger anxiety. Diseases generate pain. Despair creeps into our hearts. These influences displace our peace and keep us from resting daily in Christ and His Word. How can we recapture the concept of daily rest?

In A Month of Sundays: 31 Meditations on Resting in God, author Glenda Mathes encourages us to pause our spinning thoughts and calm our fluctuating feelings as she helps us to see that we must be true Sabbath keepers, understanding that God has called us to develop daily the attitudes of worship and rest we enjoy on Sunday. With a recommended Scripture reading, a focus verse (or verses), a meditation, and questions aimed at stimulating personal reflection, each devotion guides us through a “month of Sundays,” as we experience a greater enjoyment of God’s gift of daily rest while we anticipate His guarantee of eternal rest.

Endorsements 

“Glenda Mathes has written an uplifting series of meditations on the subject of rest for the weary. Starting with the premise of Sabbath rest as a model for how God wishes His children to live, Glenda weaves a wide-ranging tapestry of how Christians can follow God’s mandate to rest in Him both now and eternally. The book is filled with great texts from the Bible, accompanied by interspersed quotations from the Heidelberg Catechism and personal reflections and recollections of the author. This is a great book for all who labor and are heavy laden and who want to obey God’s command to rest. People for whom Sunday observance is important, as well as those who love the Heidelberg Catechism, will especially resonate with this book.”
—Leland Ryken, Professor of English, Wheaton College

“Rest is a topic often overlooked in our hectic schedules, but Glenda Mathes shows it is essential to a Christian life. Not as another thing to do, but as part of our calling. A Month of Sundays invites us to overcome our distractions and fears and seek the one true source of rest, Christ Himself.” —Janie B. Cheaney

Contents

Introduction

1. God Rested
2. Covenantal Consolation
3. Ten Comforts
4. Good Courage
5. Redeeming Love
6. Golden Rest
7. Greater Allies
8. Restful Peace
9. Longing Eyes
10. Be Still
11. Dwelling Peace
12. Lifted Eyes
13. Quiet Soul
14. Reviving Spirit
15. Trusting Heart
16. Fear Not
17. Light Yoke
18. Impossible Realities
19. Banished Anxiety
20. Untroubled Heart
21. Good Cheer
22. No Condemnation
23. Sufficient Grace
24. Our Peace
25. Constant Contentment
26. God’s Peace
27. Sound Mind
28. Enter Rest
29. Never Leave
30. Eternal Glory
31. Rightful Rest