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Reclaiming Sabbath: on the seventh day you shall reflect.(Jewish Sabbath)
From:
Presbyterian Record
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January 1, 2007| Author:
Whilsmith, Gwyneth J.
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What is the Sabbath? Who is it? Why is it? When, how and where is it? These days, many books and studies try to find the answers.
Well, we know who gave the Sabbath, and what it was--the gift of a day to worship and rest from work. Not that work isn't good. In fact, it seems six days of it are just fine with God, but a time of rest to renew, refresh and worship is important to Him too.
It's the when, how and where to observe Sabbath that gets complicated in ou...