A Blessing for Real Sabbath

In this never-ceasing society

That craves doing more and more…

And more,

I  bless you to delight in real sabbath,

The freedom from doing,

And the gift of being.

“If you … call the Sabbath a delight …

I will make you ride on the heights

Of the earth…” says the Lord. (Is 58:13)

Not as law or drudgery or self-denial,

But as a gift,

Sabbath comes to those who hear Jesus say:

“The Sabbath was made for man,

Not man for the Sabbath.” (Mark 2:27)

I bless you to receive

The gift of rest,

The interruption of the world’s

Pressure to prove yourself productive,

And, instead, may you find yourself no longer measured

By accomplishment,

But defined by love,

By relationship,

By just being you.