Enjoying the National Sabbath
Hello all;
There is a bit of a reason for not a lot of posting today, one of those reasons is that I am not at work, and therefore not as connected. But the other being that this is Labor Day in the US. Basically, it is a national day of rest. In some ways, I respect it and think that it is a great idea that there is one day of the year that is devoted to celebrating the working class by giving them a day off. But it also reminds me that there is so much about our working schedules that needs work.
In the US, it is basically customary to work 5 or 6 days a week, and then spend that 7th day in church or with family doing whatever. But as I look harder in the Sctriptures concerning Sabbath, its really a time of rest, not a time of running to more fellowship. I do wonder what happened to the times when everything was closed on Sundays, and bascailly gov't ran with the idea that all workers need to have some time off. In this culture, having things when you want them seems to take precident over the actaul ability that was given man to work.
Even in the same way, I look at things like email and net accessiblity. Yes, its great to have them all the time. But one really should take a break from them once a week and stretch other muscles. I work on a computer all the time, therefore I look forward to the weekend when the only computer time that I have the the once or twice checking of email. I look forward to driving somewhere and spending my energies on more than just forum chat. And I think that it does my eyes better in the long run as well.
Here's to celebrating the rest that we all should have all the time, and remembering that God set the ensample to us all about the value of work, and its place in the life of man.
There is a bit of a reason for not a lot of posting today, one of those reasons is that I am not at work, and therefore not as connected. But the other being that this is Labor Day in the US. Basically, it is a national day of rest. In some ways, I respect it and think that it is a great idea that there is one day of the year that is devoted to celebrating the working class by giving them a day off. But it also reminds me that there is so much about our working schedules that needs work.
In the US, it is basically customary to work 5 or 6 days a week, and then spend that 7th day in church or with family doing whatever. But as I look harder in the Sctriptures concerning Sabbath, its really a time of rest, not a time of running to more fellowship. I do wonder what happened to the times when everything was closed on Sundays, and bascailly gov't ran with the idea that all workers need to have some time off. In this culture, having things when you want them seems to take precident over the actaul ability that was given man to work.
Even in the same way, I look at things like email and net accessiblity. Yes, its great to have them all the time. But one really should take a break from them once a week and stretch other muscles. I work on a computer all the time, therefore I look forward to the weekend when the only computer time that I have the the once or twice checking of email. I look forward to driving somewhere and spending my energies on more than just forum chat. And I think that it does my eyes better in the long run as well.
Here's to celebrating the rest that we all should have all the time, and remembering that God set the ensample to us all about the value of work, and its place in the life of man.
posted by Antoine @ 9/05/2005 02:17:00 PM
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