We had a family home evening lesson on keeping the Sabbath Day Holy. We talked about things we could do as a family to help us keep the Sabbath Day Holy. One of the suggestions was no TV on Sunday. We discussed this at great lengths. We decided that this had to be a unanimous decision. So that no could know if someone voted against this we did a silent vote. Each of us wrote on a piece of paper yes or no and took turns putting our vote in the bowl. To our surprise it was unanimous that we would not watch TV on Sunday. For the next few Sundays as we got home from Church the usual was walking over to the TV and turning it on but no one turned on the TV. We found out latter everyone was hoping someone else would turn on the TV but it was not going to be them. We broke the habit which became one of my greatest joys.
How I loved Sunday’s, No TV on Sunday’s, no field work or extra farm work. We were able to spend Sunday afternoon’s and evenings together as a family. Enjoying quite games, reading together, FHE lessons, and just sharing time together without work. Yes chores still had to be done, like feeding the animals and milking. Only when the ox was in the mire was there extra work
Marie
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