“Rest time is not wasted time.” – Charles Spurgeon
Wasted Time – Digital Sabbath Series – Part 6
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**WE INTERRUPT THE TRUTH AND SEEDS SERIES FOR A DIGITAL SABBATH**
As you may have read in the weeks prior, We've been practicing a “Digital Sabbath” for one day over the weekend. During the week we watch our kids watch us on our phones and computers. We’re always on them. And while it’s great to work and be productive, and to model that to our kids, we all need time to rest and play.
Time away from emails and messages and phones calls. No phones in our hands, computers switched off. We want to be more present in the moment, rather than captivated by technology. People have practiced Sabbath-keeping for thousands of years as a reminder that subduing the earth is not what it's all about.
Charles Spurgeon said:
“Rest time is not wasted time. It is economy to gather fresh strength… it is wisdom to take occasional furlough. In the long run we shall do more by sometimes doing less.”
By practicing Sabbath, we’re participating in the act of resistance and alternative to the dominant culture that insists wealth accumulation, reputation, activity and productivity are our primary markers of success.
We’d love for you to join us in this subversive protest. Be deliberate with your life. Work hard by all means, yes. We do, too. But understand that your value lies not in what you achieve, but in who you intrinsically are. Loved and in love.
One of my greatest concerns is that if we don’t learn to stop working, if we don’t learn how to play and rest and sit around a campfire, or a coffee table, or a water hole, and tell stories and jokes and laugh and hug and cry… if we don’t invest in the things that make us human, we might begin to lose sight of each other. Even more so than we already have. We’ll run out of room to dream and hope and wonder about God, life, others and love.
Rest is not a dirty, lazy, or shameful word. It doesn’t reveal weakness. In fact, learning how to rest will become your great strength. For there is much for you to do in this life.
There is enough work to go around to keep us going for eternity. But if we rest, if we learn to gather our strength, love well, laugh and heal and share and sleep… we’ll have the strength we need for the days ahead.
Rest well, dear friends,
Lizzy (and Jesse).
Are you practicing a Digital Sabbath? We'd love to hear your experience in the comments below
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