Sabbath: Commandment or More of a Suggestion?

When was the last time you took a Sabbath rest? For me, it had been months.

Until yesterday.

The idea of taking a day off work has come up more and more often around me. First, from my mother who related her pastor's latest sermon on it, then from well-known author Melanie Dobson. When we had lunch together last week, she mentioned taking a full day off on Sundays to spend time with her family. Though that means the family works hard on Saturday running errands and such, they get rewarded on Sunday with nothing to do but relax after church. She doesn't even check e-mail.

Usually when the same idea or theme keeps popping up in different arenas of my life, it means that God is trying to tell me something. Did I need a rest? Was I really working on the Sabbath? After all, I love every minute of my job, so isn't that just having fun? And could I afford to take a WHOLE day away from the publishing business, whose list of to-dos is the longest I've ever had in my life?

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