Sunday, August 05, 2007

A Contemplation

Taking a Sabbath is easy when work is a chore and hobbies wait for such a break as this--
But, taking a Sabbath is more challenging when work is a pleasure much like a hobby,
only a hobby done for pay.
I have never conceived of such work until now.
Never...never before has the thought of taking a break, a holiday, a vacation
seemed like a sacrifice of potential-joy and contentment.
What does one do on such a Sabbath? And...
What am I to learn about You, O God, as I come into this new and long-lost awareness
of work and its fallow times, as You originally meant them to be?

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