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Holy Homeworkless Sabbath
Posted On 10/19/2008 23:36:04 by daeng

On Sunday we were driving home from a family dinner—me, my wife, and my sister-in-law. My sister-in-law was anxious to get back home by the university because she had much homework left to do. I smiled, knowing that for the rest of the day, I could relax, read my scriptures, spend time with my wife… I had no other worries.

 

Before I served a mission, I would tend to do my homework on Sundays. I didn’t consider it a great sin and I had homework due on Monday. What other conclusion could the mind of a high school sophomore come to?

 

I served a mission.

 

I was going to be returning to college immediately after my return home. That meant more studying, more homework, more tests… I raised the question in my mind if I would do such activities on Sunday or not. The commandment is vague: “remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” So, which activities constitute keeping the Sabbath holy and which do not? It is a hard question that each person must answer to himself and eventually answer to God for.

 

On my mission, we would talk about certain things that were not appropriate for Sunday. “Is shopping holy?” Well, no. So it should not be a part of our Sunday worship. “Is driving holy?” Well, no. Unless it means driving to church. The line between appropriate and inappropriate progressively greys. Hmmm...

 

The conclusion I reached upon my return home was that I would refrain from doing homework on Sundays. I decided that Sunday should be a day that is different from all the others—a special day—God’s day. It has been tremendous for me as I have followed this decision. How great it is to know that for every week, there is one day completely void of secular motivations. It makes the day much more rejuvenating and much more enjoyable. The Sabbath has become a day to look forward to and as a result has helped me focus much more on my worship of God.

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From: puniisham
10/22/2008 21:30:51

One of the things that was hard for me to enforce was 'no unneccessary laughing'! Many don't believe when I tell them that the scriptures states it and it does. It's okay to laugh but don't get carried away with your laughter, especially on the sabbath.


 


And another is - my culture, keeping the sabbath day holy was always important but not when it came to food. Sundays meal is the best meal of the whole week and all our familys would gather and enjoy the lavish array that was set up for the feast. And whenever you get that many together there is always bound to be something that ends up ruining you spirit that you had after church.


 


I knew that I had to change everything if I was to try and keep the sabbath day holy, so I stopped going to the after church gatherings and meals were either made the night before, so all we had to do was just warm up and if not then its sandwiches.  

From: Hemidakota
10/21/2008 07:25:25
There is a lot of GREYS in life that we must choose whether it is good for our salvation or not. I humbly agree, serving those two years, we look at life with a microscope and whether it will offend GOD or not. Being married, growing old with children, that seems change over the years.

Thanks for the refresher and your experiences.



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