“God
gave us the gift of Sabbath—
not just as
a day, but as an orientation,
a way
of seeing and knowing.
Sabbath
keeping is a form of mending.
It's
mortar in the joints.
Keep
Sabbath or else break too easily.
Keep it,
otherwise our dustiness consumes us,
becomes us,
and we end up able
to hold
exactly nothing.”
~Mark
Buchanen
I was once teaching
about healthy eating
and joking
with a group of students
in a
leadership training class.
I said,
"If a thing rhymes with no-no
you
probably shouldn't eat it!"
I was
referring to daily staples
such as the ho-ho and the jo-jo.
I recently
have been thinking
the same about
healthy living.
"If a
thing rhymes with no-no
you
probably shouldn't be doing it!"
Perhaps
worse than the ho-ho or jo-jo
is
the all consuming lifestyle of the go-go.
This
lifestyle may be necessary for a season;
there are
times where we just have to
cry out for
the Lord to be our strength.
But if these
seasons go on endlessly and
we don’t stop
to assess our spin cycle,
we become
robotic and worn out.
Regardless
of where we are at,
the concept
of rest, of being still,
of ceasing
from our own labors
is
critically important to understand.
Be still and know that I am God.
Some
knowing only comes through stillness.
This isn’t
a brand new idea--
I have had a measure of understanding.
But there
is so much more.
My joints
are a bit achy.
Sabbath
rest is “mortar in the joints.”
I am on a
paradoxical journey
of being
still that I might discover
this new
place of rest.
My new
mantra:
Say no to the go.
It is a posture of the heart.
It is a posture of the heart.
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Well said sister-can you hear my 'yes and amen'? Keep us all posted on your valuable revelations on this paradoxical journey. Love who you are!
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