The goal is celebration and connection with God, with others, and with yourself. What helps you celebrate without wearing you out? Resting on Sabbath involves resting emotionally. Regular weekly life often draws down a person’s emotional capacity. In Sabbath rest we press pause to experience refreshment and renewal. This does not mean pretending that the hard relational work that might be on the radar isn’t really there, but it might mean saying, “Can we come back to that conversation tomorrow?”