How much more fits?
How many of us find ourselves rushing and rushing through life wondering all the while if we will ever get caught up with all the commitments we have made, the deadlines imposed upon us by others, and the silly pursuits we carelessly call our "leisure time"? We 'over-commit' repeatedly, then feel the stress of it all, getting weighed down under the pressures of those things that are really 'self-imposed' burdens, don't we? Sure enough, the demands of life are many! Yet, in it all, we are reminded of the importance of keeping our perspective in the chaos - even in the chaos we create in our own lives! “Remember to observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy." (Exodus 20:8) For most, we "celebrate" the Sabbath day each weekend. I used quotations marks around the word CELEBRATE simply because most of us don't really treat the Sabbath day as anything all that special. We call it our "Sabbath" day, but we don't treat it an