my work is done. the achievement center is a really cool place to work. after i got off of work, i did some errands (it's spelled right), then i came home and did laundry and dishes. i'm ready for rest.
for those of you who dont know, i observe the sabbath. i have been doing so for almost a year now. and it is a delight. friday is preperation day. get all the loose ends tied up and make sure everything's ready for the sabbath. all the extra work i did makes the rest all that much more restful.
sometimes i wonder, why havent i always done this?!? i vaguely remember thinking that it would be a burden to keep the sabbath. but when i try to remember why... a burden? a hard thing? rest is difficult? what was i thinking? yes it does take preparation, some thinking ahead, and there are sacrifices. i may have to settle for less money at work, there are some things i might not be involved in that i would enjoy. but there's more to life than money and pleasure.
i used to think, "what's the point of only keeping one day a week holy? i can make seven days holy. and what's so unholy about work?" but it is a day set apart where you focus completely on God. today, while i was doing the dishes i was praying and thinking about God, but my mind was going between two things- dishes and God. tomorrow i can be more focused on him.
the other day i read the official A/G perspective on observing the sabbath. i was surprised to see that they say we should keep the sabbath. but they modify it and suggest keeping it on sunday and not on the sabbath. i'm not going to follow that rabbit trail right now. but i probably will write about it some other time.
on another topic, i have started writing a "to-do list" the last couple of weeks. i highly recomend doing this. it helps me get things done. and i feel like i've accomplished stuff, because i can look at the paper and see all that stuff marked off.
the sun's about to go down. so, as my roomate ben might say, "shalom"
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