A Day of Rest

So I've been thinking just recently of the day of rest. We read in Genesis of how at the end of the 6 days of creation God rested from His work. Now I'm wondering, how exactly do you rest? And what does it mean? Does it mean literally not doing too much and just relaxing and being well lazy? Or simply just taking a break from that which you normally do and doing something different? What does the Sabbath Day really mean? In today's Christian world we've taken it to mean Sunday and going to church and what not. Particularly in a small town like the one I live in, basically everything shuts down for the day, with the exception of restaurants and even then some of those don't open until noon or sometimes later. In my own church, sometimes it seems that if you work on a Sunday you're almost looked down upon as committing some huge sin. I'm still trying to work out how I feel about working on Sundays even if it is usually in the evening. Even if I get a day off during the week, I'm still expected to do some form of housework or something physical to make it look like I accomplished something in the day and didn't just waste it. Especially for the sake of my dad, who thrives on work and getting things done. It's llike if I don't work or do anything at all I'm not fulfilling my duty in the house or in society in general. And what is work? Something that you get paid for, or something that involves using your own muscles/physical strength to accomplish something? Or some combination of the two or something completey different? I don't fully understand exactly what God created the Sabbath to be or what it was for, but I know that sometimes people need vacations from normal life just to recharge and rejuvenate unused parts of the mind and body otherwise those muscles become stagnant and dead. So anyways that's just my random thought of the day.

Through forgotten convictions
Misplaced affections I'm losing the sound of your voice
...I wanna get back to where it all began
when I would long for only You...
Starfield-Can I Stay Here Forever