"No age has ever more intensely needed Sabbath-keeping than ours. Attempts to scrap God's moral law and to replace it with institutions and schemes of human invention are miserably failing. Sabbath-keeping in isolation is not an answer to all man's ills. Yet, this law is intimately related to all others and has a necessary connection with the other branches of God's moral code. Where even small segments of mankind have succeeded in implementing a joyful observance of the Sabbath, they have reaped enormous benefit. It is time for us, too, to call the Sabbath a delight and to return unto the Lord."
Call The Sabbath A Delight - Walter J. Chantry
Posted by Prop at December 3, 2004 02:51 PMI've noticed that when I'm closest to God I most enjoy going to church to worship — even days before. And I think it works the other way too. When you decide to have joy in the day then God teaches the most.
Posted by: timf at December 3, 2004 04:59 PMamen. this is something the Lord really impressed on my heart in college. What a privilege to, once a week, come apart from all the wear and tear and concerns of the world and focus all our energy and attention upon the Lord. A wonderful day of soul restoration.
Posted by: kurt at December 4, 2004 08:47 AMI agree, Kurt. There was just something so enjoyable about the quiet Sunday afternoons, the naps, the quiet reading, and then the evening services in town. Sometimes we're just too busy. I think "Sabbath" is so much a state of heart and mind. And I love Christ's reminder that the Sabbath was made FOR MAN, and not the other way around. It's a gift!
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