The power of pause can be evident in many aspects of life. For instance, a race car pulls down pit road for a 13 second stop, but that pause can recharge the car that needed gas, a clean windshield and new tires. That pause may give the car all it needs to pull to the front of the pack. The opera singer pauses at the musical rest and utilizes that short time to take a deep breath and then blows out the most beautiful notes that even birds could not match. The dating couple decides to take a break from dating and may well find that absence makes the heart grow fonder. The speaker pauses in the middle of delivering a message in order to bring emphasis to a certain point. There is power in pause.
I have been absent from writing the last two days. The pause was necessary for me as I was nursing a stomach bug, but I have also found the Sabbatical to be refreshing. I suppose that is why God provided the Sabbath. The pause is meant to give us time to worship God, spend time together as a family and generally rest. According to Jewish customs, the Sabbath actually begins at dusk on Friday and continues until dusk on Saturday. "The seventh day is a Sabbath day to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work." (Exodus 20:10a)
Simply put, we need the Sabbath, but do we take it? Interestingly enough, medical science has proved that whenever we fail to rest our bodies appropriately we are more susceptible to illness. Please pardon my interruption as I am preaching to the mirror a little after being sick. Also, marriage therapist have concluded that segregated lives, even on our days off, have caused family units to grow weaker. It has been stated, "The families that play together, stay together." Maybe it can be better put by stating, "The families that play and pray together, stay together."
Maybe what we need most in our lives, marriages, families, etc., is a little pause.
Please, pardon the Interruption. :-)
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