Saturday, October 4, 2008

Rest Without Guilt

My lawn really needs to be mowed. I was too busy all week to do it. It rained all day Saturday so I couldn’t mow it. Now it’s Sunday and sunny, but this is my Sabbath. What should I do?

There are no rules and no one is allowed to act as your judge. If the weather report shows that it will rain all day Saturday but be sunny on Sunday, then I might begin my Sabbath a little early on Saturday and end it in time to mow the lawn on Sunday. Or I might wait to mow the lawn until Monday. Or I might just go ahead and mow it on Sunday. There are no rules, but there is principle: I need to get some rest. I’ll do that as best I can and somehow get the lawn taken care of and I’ll do all of it without guilt.

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