And God spoke all these words, saying, "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. ... Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy."
Isaiah 58:13-14 "If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight and the holy day of the LORD honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways, or seeking your own pleasure, or talking idly; then you shall take delight in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken."
Is there a fine line between spending Lord's Day afternoon in my garden because it needs to be weeded and spending that same afternoon nurturing and cherishing the plants and produce that the Lord has blessed me with? No, the line is not fine, it is broad, black and easily observable by me. Am I there because those weeds are getting ahead of me and I didn't have or take the time during the week to get rid of those nuisances, so, forgive me, Lord, but Your Day is a weeding day. Or am I on my knees thanking the Lord for the life of each plant, anticipating the bounty that He will provide in the harvest, looking for the interplay between weed and plant to see the beauty of His creation? Do I see my garden as a place of communion with the Lord of the Creation to be savored for a time, or as a place of drudgery that needs to be done so I can go take a Sunday afternoon nap. One honors, one dishonors. It is my choice.
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