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Tom Haws wrote:
I always felt Sabbath Day observance was a great blessing to me.
Well said, Tom. That is the most critical part of all…not “do’s and don’ts” … but what the day was meant to be given to man for…a blessing. God bless you, and enjoy your Sabbath tomorrow.Heber13 wrote:” … but what the day was meant to be given to man for…a blessing. God bless you, and enjoy your Sabbath tomorrow.
If that is the case, then the individual interpretation is all that really matters. The way you (heber), or Tom, choose to spend the sabbath is perfectly wonderful and acceptable; the way I choose to spend it is also perfectly okay and acceptable. I’m going to go get family pictures today, and after, we’ll go out to dinner–that is very “recharging” for me, and it is a great day spent with my family–so if there is a God, thank you for this day.
Hi Heber, I am really glad you brought up this discussion. One of the biggest fights my husband and I had was on this topic. He was a high council man who had to travel to other wards to give talks. He also spent most Sundays doing his home teaching. I was so frustrated and unhappy that he had little time for me and the kids ( and almost no sex life)! One Sunday, I had it and told him we needed to talk because this was affecting our marriage. I told him I was too tired to cook and wanted to go out for dinner. He grudgingly went out to Culvers with me. The whole time he was edgy and said he was worried that some one from the church might see him there or that the waitress might be lds and see him. It made me soooo angry. I told him that if someone was here, then they should not complain anyway. Then he stressed how his calling had responsiblities and could destroy someones testimony if they saw him. Again, I was mad and told him that he made me feel like I was not important, only his calling was. We finally left the place early because he spoiled the whole thing. So, to me it is the spirit of the law that is important like Jesus taught about the Sabbath. The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
I was in the 7th Day Adventist church for two years myself and did admire their dedication to what they believed God asked of them. When I learned though that they taught that the ‘mark of the beast’ was whether you worshipped on the true sabbath (which was Saturday to them), it lost me. I told them that certain Christians in China could only worhsip together on a Tuesday, and I did not believe God would doom them to hell for not worshipping on their true Sabbath.
So, I generally go to church on Sunday and do more spiritual things and do not go out to eat or buy things on the Sabbath, but I believe the spirit of law allows for ocassional birthday parties, outings, and eating out on Mothers Day.
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