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Exodus 20:1-17

I. The Sabbath is missing.

Remember that you were once slaves in Egypt, but the Lord your God brought you out with his strong hand and powerful arm. That is why the Lord your God has commanded you to rest on the Sabbath day.


Deuteronomy 5:15

II. The Sabbath has meaning.

As we keep or break the Sabbath day, we nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope by which man rises.


Abraham Lincoln

A Sabbath Poem


by John David Walt

Breathe

rest in Rest,


holy Leisure---

airtight Time:

Sabbath.

hearing Ears,


Creation slowing---

open Eyes:

Sabbath.

guiltless Feasting,


sacred Rhythms---

Heaven hugging:

Sabbath.

Nothing-doing


Nowhere-going---

Work unknowing:

Sabbath.

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