Lazy Sunday...

Last Saturday was a big day for me. I had to wakeup early (8am) so that I could get ready to go and plant trees over at the friendship center. I haven't volunteered for anything like that in a long time and even though it was about 4 hours earlier than I like to start a Saturday it was admittedly nice to get up to such a beautiful morning with a purpose of some sort. When I got there it was cold and a group of people had shown up (co-workers and HACC students) to help with the planting of what seemed like a million trees. I'm not one for yard work generally, but that is mostly because I don't have a yard and so I enjoyed the smells and sounds of nature in the brisk air. It took hours though to find success in the task and I was both tired and hungry. Still I felt as an accomplished steward of the earth for having achieved the goal.

As I got home and cleaned up I got a call from a friend to come and move some of his belongings around, a TV and an excersize thingy. So I ate quickly and rushed over to his place to help out. Since I was in the area anyway and I needed to make another delivery I thought I'd stop and do so. This delivery was my TV which, for the moment, was my last item slated for necessary removal. Do not worry yourselves scholars of Channelology, I left in deserving and capable hands.

It wasn't long though before I was aching and moaning, not for the lost of TV mind you, but for the pain rifling through my back and arms from carrying two 27" TVs, a pile of trees, and several wheel-barrel loads of mulch. Oh the pain... Hey, I'm a desk-jockey for a living! It is ok though as I caught up with an friend for a few hours that night on the phone and phones aren't heavy lifting. (^_^)

Thankfully, Sunday was full of nothing at all. (More nothing than had previously existed on a Sunday I believe.) So much nothing I was deeply bored at times. On the other hand as the hours steadily flowed by, I couldn't help but to be more observant of (thinking and feeling) the moments that passed. I was allowed for the first time in a long time to just tap into a moment that held no particular grand-ness to it. I mean we all can tap into those moments of sunsets, first snowfalls, summer rains and various important occurances in our personal lives, but taping into a plane-jane moment is not something I hear much of and not something I remember doing much. By the end of the day I was happy to have been so very bored because I realized that (even with my boredom) I was granted access to a spiritually uplifting day. (Quite the opposite by contrast of workloads to Saturday, but just as rewarding.)

And so I wondered, is this what the Sabbath is to be like? The question of Sabbath is a tough one for many Christians, myself included. Some say it is not necessary though I disagree with that while others say it has to be a particular day even though scripture says otherwise. Originaly it was a Saturday and technically, if we adhere to Jewish law, it still is. Of course, we don't adhere to the old law, but to Christ. Anyway, I'm off topic already, I have always had distraction or work to do each day. Even when I made a point to have no work, in observance of the sabbath, I still had a 'ton' of distractions and things that kept me from tapping into the point and goal of the day. These are just my passing thoughts, I'm not implying or preaching here. It's just something I noticed Sunday that I hope to find again.

Some related Scriptures...
Exodus 20:8–11
Exodus 31:13-17
Colossian 2:16
Romans 14:5-10