Friday Preparation



I am unwell today due to my dysmenorrhoeal. I have to prepare things before Sabbath comes. I must be brave today by God’s grace. I hope I can manage to do things before sun sets. I have many things to do.

Anyway, I have something to share you which I found from the book of Ellen G. White in her book child guidance-Make Friday the Preparation Day.--On Friday let the preparation for the Sabbath be completed. See that all the clothing is in readiness, and that all the cooking is done. Let the boots be blacked, and the baths be taken. It is possible to do this. If you make it a rule, you can do it. The Sabbath is not to be given to the repairing of garments, to the cooking of food, to pleasure seeking, or to any other worldly employment. Before the setting of the sun, let all secular work be laid aside, and all secular papers be put out of sight. Parents, explain your work and its purpose to your children, and let them share in your preparation to keep the Sabbath according to the commandment.
In many families [on Sabbath] boots and shoes are blacked and brushed, and stitches are taken, all because these little odds and ends were not done on Friday. They did not "remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy."
On Friday the clothing of the children is to be looked after. During the week they should be all laid out by their own hands under the direction of the mother, so that they can dress quietly, without any confusion or rushing about and hasty speeches.
There is another work that should receive attention on the preparation day. On this day all differences between brethren, whether in the family or in the church, should be put.