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Hi Amy, religious issues aside (which you mentioned weren’t a problem) I think your main concern it seems to me is getting your SO on board with you. I hope that you get the support you need, and everything falls into place! It’s hard for me to see into the future and correct potential problems before they arrive but it would be prudent to be able to see potential conflicts and try to hedge them off before they come up.
The only real stipulation God gave in the bible for keeping the sabbath day holy was, don’t do any work, and don’t make anyone else do any work. Christ added the stipulation, “unless you have to” (Ox in the mire, prepping food, etc). I don’t believe in the LDS/Christian view of an afterlife or the judgement bar, but I have found great benefit to setting aside one day a week where I can relax, spend time with the family, rather than worry about “work”, whether it be my job, education, chores, etc. It’s very rejuvinating, which is why I think it’s a commandment. We all need a break.
So I guess what I’m saying is, is homework for you “work” or “play”? If you enjoy doing it, if it invigorates you, if you find it enlightening or fun, I don’t think it’s “breaking the Sabbath”. I’ve had homework like that. But if its a druge, where you’re jumping through hoops, aren’t really growing, and/or really just don’t want to do it, than it’s work.
MOSThomework can feel like that, and IMHO that’s breaking the Sabbath to me (no judgement for anyone who feels differently). Best to work hard to get it all taken care of and out of the way during the week, so you can relax on Sunday. Ironically, given why else I have said in this thread, I agree with everything dande48 just said. Life is interesting and not at all simple.
I think everyone has to answer Sabbath day (and WofW, and tithing, and even LofC) questions on their own, based on a number of factors such as belief, family situation, consequences, etc., but since you asked for opinions, here’s mine. I don’t hear it so much anymore, but I remember members giving anecdotal examples from the pulpit about how they went through medical school and never studied on Sunday, or saying the only reason they made it through this or that school was because they obeyed the law and kept the Sabbath day holy and didn’t do homework. Whatever. Good for them, I thought. Even as a mostly tbm college student and grad student, I studied on Sundays. I did homework on Sundays when I needed to. I was married with children as a grad student, working full time and going to school full time, so I was a busy guy. It was a tough time. I spent time with my family, I held church callings, but I also sure as heck put school as a high priority and I did school work whenever I could, often on Sundays. And, I finished with a 4.0 GPA. Studying and doing homework on Sundays worked for me. I’m sure that if I would have taken a complete school break on Sundays for those years, I would not have kept a 4.0 and who knows?
I remember discussing with my wife things like TV watching on Sundays, or swimming for the kids, but she never gave me grief for doing homework. She told me of odd things her mother insisted on when she was growing up… Like they couldn’t ride their bikes or swim on Sunday, but they would go out for Sunday dinner to a restaurant. In my family, we’d not go out or go to the store, but we’d watch football on TV. As a youth Sunday school teacher, I heard kids talk about things they couldn’t do on Sundays, which often bewildered other kids and forced me to maintain a straight face and not chuckle. Things like no board games, walks with family okay as long as the kids didn’t run or jog, no playing instruments unless they played hymns, no reading unless it was scriptures, no getting together with friends, no phones, etc. No wonder so many of these kids hated Sundays.
We have a number of medical students in ward. There are times when, because of their schedules, they come to sacrament meeting in their scrubs. Personally, I like to them in their “work clothes”. I’m sure some have to do homework on Sunday’s too. It was sooo long ago, I can’t
remember if I did or not. I’m sure I did.
Again (IMO) this is between you & God. In the scheme of things, I believe He understands.
Minyan Man wrote:
We have a number of medical students in ward. There are times when, because of their schedules, they come to sacrament meeting in theirscrubs.
Have you ever worn scrubs? SUPER comfortable. If I am ever exalted and become a god, I’m declaring scrubs as church attire.
dande48 wrote:
Minyan Man wrote:
We have a number of medical students in ward. There are times when, because of their schedules, they come to sacrament meeting in theirscrubs.
Have you ever worn scrubs? SUPER comfortable. If I am ever exalted and become a god, I’m declaring scrubs as church attire.
I just got the image of young Elojamie telling his buddies, “Man, these garmies are soooo comfortable. If I’m exalted and become a God, I’m making my kids wear these things ALL the time. They’ll love it!”
What’s the benefit of not studying on Sunday? What benefit have you noticed in your life in the past? Also, how stressful does it make it to not study on Sunday?
I didn’t study on Sundays when I was growing up – I think it was a personal thing. I was one of those honors students who self-motivated and got my homework done Friday afternoon after school. I also wasn’t working full-time, co-partnering in raising children, and being the executive functioning administrator of my home back then.
This past weekend it worked out that I got in an hour of study and 5 loads of laundry done on Saturday, thus having to avoid attempting to study on Sunday.
The way I see it, if God wanted me not to do homework on Sunday, He wouldn’t have made it necessary for me to go back to school in the first place. He could have let my husband have a better paying job and/or stopped my husband from being laid off six times. After all, we hear talks over the pulpit all the time about God doing stuff like that. Joni wrote:
The way I see it, if God wanted me not to do homework on Sunday, He wouldn’t have made it necessary for me to go back to school in the first place. He could have let my husband have a better paying job and/or stopped my husband from being laid off six times. After all, we hear talks over the pulpit all the time about God doing stuff like that.
I hear it too…but…again…I think to myself…why? What are they trying to say or teach and how to do I compare that to my personal experience.
What works for others may not work for me.
Not studying on Sunday when I was in college just stressed me out on Saturdays and Sundays to get so much done in one day and fret about it the next.
Is that really helping me achieve the day of rest they were preaching to? No. So…thanks for the good idea, but it doesn’t work for me and my study habits.
Quote:Sometimes, well-meaning amplifications of divine principles—many coming from uninspired sources—complicate matters further, diluting the purity of divine truth with man-made addenda. One person’s good idea—something that may work for him or her—takes root and becomes an expectation. And gradually, eternal principles can get lost within the labyrinth of “good ideas.”
Elder Uchtdorf, Love of God
Not studying on Sunday is a “good idea” for some, not an eternal principle for all. Choose wisely for your situation what you are getting out of it, and how you are approaching it…or it becomes what DJ said…
DJ wrote:Sunday is one of those things I think the church is way too Pharisaical about.
I think it can be a blessing to the procrastinator that if they commit to no study on Sunday it motivates them to do it before then…and there can be blessings on how good that feels.
Just was never me. I’ve encouraged my kids to find what works for them. Grades will not go up or down because of the time or day we study…but if we study or not. Grades are more likely to go up if we are mentally healthy and balanced in life to approach our studies with clear and rested minds, however we can do that best.
Joni wrote:
The way I see it, if God wanted me not to do homework on Sunday, He wouldn’t have made it necessary for me to go back to school in the first place. He could have let my husband have a better paying job and/or stopped my husband from being laid off six times. After all, we hear talks over the pulpit all the time about God doing stuff like that.
To start with, I have no problem doing Homework on Sunday. Back in the day, I did it on a regular basis & didn’t feel guilty about it.
Your statement sounds like a universal justification for a lot of things. For example: (this is not meant to be critical or funny.)
Quote:If God didn’t want me to commit adultery, he shouldn’t of made the desire for sex so strong.
My advice: do what’s best for you & your family & don’t feel guilty. God understands.
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