PRAYER PAUSE
Friday, 28 July 2017
REMEMBER THE
SABBATH AND KEEP IT HOLY
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “Remember the Sabbath day and keep
it holy; for six days you shall work but the seventh is for the Lord your God.”
(Exodus 20: 1-17)
Reflection. Few take these words literally today
and the big stores are open seven days a week and sometimes 24 hours a day. Yet
the teaching remains valid. We need to rest; to withdraw for a while from our
busyness and ponder and raise our minds and hearts to the One who holds all in
being. Otherwise we will miss out out on the rhythm of life and be
stressed with psychological, physical
and social pressures with all their consequences. This rhythm is one of the ten
commandments, “written” into every culture and yet today we often brush it
aside –to our loss.
Prayer. Lord Jesus, teach us to reverence
the rhythm of life despite the pressures we live under. Help us to take time to
ponder and give thanks. Amen.
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