::The
Conversation:: August 29,
2006
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Hello, my name is Carl
and I'm a sabbath breaker.
It's around this time
of year I have to tell myself that quite often. Right about now, most of my days are
spent head down, nose in the planner, fingers on the computer keyboard
attending to "my" work -all the tasks that I fill my days
with. All the paperwork and emails, meetings and web site upkeep.
I've attached myself to this body of busywork like my life depended on
it.
It is hard to just
stop, take a walk, read that book, or look up in the evening sky to see
seven different shades of orange and yellow.
And then comes Sunday. After a busy morning running programs at church
I return to my computer that afternoon and start pecking away at my
work again. Get a jump on things for tomorrow, I say.
I always forget God's first word about keeping sabbath. That word is
"stop," or "don't," or even "quit it." Take a break like I did, kid.
Live a little. And without remembering that first word, it is almost
impossible to come to the second which is, "this day is to be spent in
my service."
I wonder what the world would be like if Christians remembered to rest
from their work, and in that resting could hear the call to
God's service - which is the sharing of Jesus' love with those most in
need.
Carl
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