😎🐫🎤 Christ’s peace and presence be with you. Just about a month ago, we met some friends for dinner. Jenni told me that she cleaned a room in her home and came across a book that she read many years ago. She said based on what she’d been reading in my blog, she thought I needed to read that book. The book was a little marked up, but she said it was mine to keep. The title of the Wayne Muller book is “Sabbath”. I’m about half way through the first of seven sections and I came across something that made me stop. Wait a minute, what did he just say??? Sabbath is not a lifestyle suggestion, but a commandment. Okay, it’s been a while since I read the Ten Commandments, so I had to look them up. Yep, the fourth commandment, Exodus 20:8 “Remember the sabbath day – keep it holy.”
Wow, I have to admit, I’ve never really though of sabbath as a commandment. I, and we as a culture, just go, go, go. But think about it with me. God has placed some serious importance on sabbath, to place it in the top 10 commandments. Sabbath ranks right up there with you shall not steal, murder, commit adultery, bear false witness, and covet. As well as you shall not have other gods before Me; don’t make idols or take the name of the Lord in vain; and honor your father and mother.
God starting planting that seed of sabbath before I started reading the book. One of my many takeaways from the National Eucharistic Congress was COVID. We came home the Monday after the Congress. I worked all day Tuesday and I think about three hours on Wednesday, then I was off sick until the follow Monday. That was God telling me that He didn’t want me jumping full steam back into life. He wanted me to take time to reflect, meditate, and soak in all the experiences from the National Eucharistic Congress and what He had spoken to me there. Sometimes the only way to get us to stop, is to force us to stop, for our own good. God’s not so subtle hint and this book are causing me to pause and allow myself some sabbath.
Jenni, thank you for listening to God’s promptings to give me this book.
Take some time this week and talk with God about what sabbath is best for you. Listen to what He has to offer. And remember, your sabbath is as important as not committing murder and honoring God, Himself. Sometimes we just need to sit a few innings or a whole game on the bench, so that we are in prime condition when He calls to put us in the game.
Bless others and be blessed.
Shelly :0)
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