There is astounding wisdom in the traditional Jewish Sabbath. Sabbath is not dependant upon our readiness to stop. We do not stop [because] we are finished. We do not stop [because] we [have] complete[d] our phone calls, finishe[d] our project, [gotten] through this stack of messages, or [sent] out this report that is due tomorrow. We stop because it is time to stop...Sabbath liberates us from the need to be finished. The old wise Sabbath says: Stop now.
It is the gift of a restful God to his restless people.
Mark Buchanon - The Holy Wild
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