To Be or Not To Be?

We don't even ask ourselves this question anymore. We are a culture addicted to the tasks before us...the more the better...especially if we can do multiple ones at once. This is coming from a man who a few years back tried to look up a phone number on my PDA in order to make a call on my cell phone while driving over some beautiful mountains...at night. I finally had to pull over. 2 hands are great...I'm not complaining...but I could do so much more with 2 more!

I've been reading/thinking a lot lately about the very core of my identity. Also been reading a lot lately on the Jewish/Christian observation of the "Sabbath"...a day of rest. The Sabbath is simply a time to be. If the Judeo-Christian God, who created the entire earth by speaking it into existence in 6 days, took the final day to rest, how much more do finite beings like myself need to observe/practice the Sabbath. And this goes way beyond the idea of physical renewal...because I doubt an all-powerful God gets fatigue. There is something more...something deeper to our need for a Sabbath...a time where we are reminded we are more than the sum of what we do and what we say. The Sabbath is a time to remember who we are and in that fact, we find rest & renewal for our souls. I'm off for a mini-Sabbath. Blessings!