Well I am really blessed today. My favorite baker, M came to church with her son! I had wanted to buy something from her yesterday but found out from her son that she was in Japan for a baking convention. There and then I invited the young man to bring his mother to church...imagine my surprise when I saw both of them in church the following day!
Today Tim and I read Mark 2 as our devotional and I was really struck by verse 27 when Jesus told the Pharisees off. They had become too legalistic and started questioning why the disciples were breaking the law by harvesting grain on Sabbath to eat. Jesus said something really profound "The Sabbath was made to meet the needs of the people and not the people to meet the requirements of the Sabbath". I believe that Jesus is saying that we should not allow legalism to bind us to the extent that we forget to do good or to minister to the needs of others even on a day when we are supposed to be in church. I believe that what He is saying is that works of mercy and compassion are more important than the strict observance of the law.
Further He said this to me, "Everyday should be your Sabbath day of rest. How do you know when you are not resting? You know it when your heart is struggling, anxious and troubled. You know it when your mind is in turmoil and not at peace concerning the issues at hand."
Wow....today is Sunday, tomorrow is the start of another week. Am I at rest?
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