A Moment
Aside ---- 12 September 2020
We Need a Sabbath Mind
We are reminded of the truth of
the creation—that our work, though called and needed, is not necessary. The
world will continue without us and came long before us. Our work is to live
from and with these gifts so that we can use what time we have, what little
time we have, to tend their flourishing rather than exploit them for the gains
that will soon fade with the rot. The practice of Sabbath also has the effect
of elevating the value of labor and of the people engaged in it. It is not a
break so that we might become renewed and refreshed for more work, but is
rather a time when we live in the simple reality that we are creatures whose
lives are given by God. On the Sabbath, we are able to be apart from our
achievements.
—from
the book Wendell Berry and the Given Life by Ragan Sutterfield
{Yes, I borrowed this from another
source, but it’s worth hearing}
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