What a joy the Sabbath is. It is a time to forget the cares of the world, or the trials, or the challenges, or the obstacles, or the afflictions, or the worries, etc. Or is it? It is a day of rest, rest from our labors we experience throughout the week. At least it is a day when the Savior rested from the creation of the world and counseled us to rest from our labors.
So, we rest from our labors. We don't work at our careers. We don't work where we are receiving money. However, there are circumstances where that those rules cannot be hard and fast.
Now getting back to the challenge of our resting from afflictions, etc. My son just this past week was fired from his work. It was a shocker. He was well thought of, well liked, respected by all, or so we thought. So when we heard that he had lost his job, especially at this holiday season, it was hard to take. The company seems to be doing well, so why lay him off?
So, since today is a day of rest, I proposed in the first paragraph that we should forget our trials and challenges. However, today, being a day of rest, possibly is a day when we should not forget our trials and difficulties. Perhaps it is a time when we renew covenants and rededicate ourselves to our testimony, or belief system. Maybe we should not forget our trials and burdens, but it may be a time to look at our afflictions in a different light. Rather than dwell upon the trials, we should analyze if we are learning from our trials.
As we partake of the Sacrament, as we are reminded of the gospel of peace, perhaps we should evaluate they way we accept our trials, the way we tackle them, the way we strive to learn from them, the way we endure them.
The Sabbath, a day of rest, could be a time to pause, think, ask ourselves if we are growing as we should, if we are learning the lessons we are blessed with, if Father would be pleased with the way we are learning from our trials.
What a wonderful day the Sabbath is. Are we getting out of it all we should? I know I am not, thus I need to get better at it. Alas, another goal to work on.
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