Sabbath Day
Most of the things we need to be most fully alive never come in busyness. They grow in rest. Mark Buchanan
For every man, moreover, to eat and drink and enjoy the fruit of all his labor is a gift of God.
- Ecclesiastes 3:13
Hii, Buddy! How are you? Hope you're feeling okay. If not, I'll pray for your health and your goodness.
It's me from Artspace and today I want to talk about Sabbath Day.
How did you spend your day off? Have you ever treated the Sabbath day as a rest day, as instructed in the ten commandments? I was scrolling my Instagram the other day and stumbled upon a post about the Sabbath day. At first, I didn't take it seriously. I mean, everyone has their own rule on their sabbath day, so whatever. However, yesterday’s morning, I couldn't stop thinking about this question.
It's more like a reflection question for me on how I take a day off. Sabbath means to be a rest day and to praise the Lord. In reality, I only praise the Lord in the church, and spend the rest of day working or even thinking things I shouldn’t. The definition of a "day off" for me is doing everything in a slower pace. Like I said before, everyone can define their best "day off" or "sabbath day." And I'm totally fine with that.
Well, no. I'm not satisfied with such an answer. I spent the whole day thinking about the best line to describe "Sabbath Day." I crafted words and sentences while listening the sermon in my mind. Failed. I imagined the best way to treat Sabbath Day while playing with my dog. Failed, my dog is too sweet too neglect. Then, I slept, hoping that something would come up in my dream, and that was only a dream. I woke up in darkness and pouring rain.
After those failures, I decided to go for a long run and almost broke my ankle, again. Once more, I didn't get anything. Why is it so hard to define a day off? I was so excited to describe this in the first place, but, as I write this, I still have nothing to say to answer this question. Then, I went out with a bunch of friends. Almost gave up and feel like, -I won't write anything about it.- The conversation with my friends went well, Did I expect something from that conversation? Nope, nothing.
However, on my way home, a beautiful phrase came into my mind.
“Early heaven in the world is not a family that you care and cares about you, friends you love to chat with, a job that is fulfilling, or anything that resonates the same definition. Early heaven is the ability to enjoy every seconds given to us.”
That phrase stopped me from trying to define the Sabbath day or Day Off.
I don't have to make definition on everything, there's no need. And If I have to make a definition on everything, that would be a tragedy to meet the expectations based on the definitions. Now, all I want to do is being present in every single opportunity I can have. To enjoy everything, whether good news or bad news. Absorb all the emotions: sad, anger, love, and many more. Because those moments are too precious to neglect, too beautiful to skip. This too shall pass. I believe in that phrase.
One final lesson I learned yesterday was the more I search on something, the more emptier I feel. Being open to every experience is the fundamental key to grasping many lessons in this mundane life. the final core is don't attach to anything.
I hope you have a wonderful week and let God fill your day-to-day life with His grace.