Sabbath ceasing [means] to cease not only from work itself, but also from the need to accomplish and be productive, from the worry and tension that accompany our modern criterion of efficiency, from our efforts to be in control of our lives as if we were God, from our possessiveness and our enculturation, and finally, from the humdrum and meaninglessness that result when life is pursued without the Lord at the center of it all.
- Marva J. DawnKeeping the Sabbath Wholly
I would love to do a nice jokey blog for April Fools, but I've not been feeling so jokey. I've had a hard day, relationship-wise, dental-wise and work-wise, and so when I found this quote in my Sojo-mail it really helped.
Two days ago I finished the book Eat Pray Love. I think that this is a book that will stick in my head for quite some time. Although some critique the book based on the fact that Liz is unable to look past herself and her issues, the entire premise of the book is that she has hit such a low point in her life that she must escape, run as far as she can, to rediscover herself--and to find God in the midst of it all. I was most interested in what she has to say about India, where she goes on a spiritual retreat at an Ashram run by her guru. Now, I don't know how much I want to be into Indian spirituality, but I do like yoga...and what I liked the most was her struggle to stop talking at God and learn to listen to God.
And Liz has huge control issues. Huge. I identify. I need to keep reminding myself...let go...let go...rest in God. Rest in the fact that God is in control. Not me.
Now if someone would like to give me a book advance to go determine how to do such a thing, let the record show I am more than willing to accept.
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Now playing: Jimmy Eat World - Firefight
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