http://afcmin.org/ateam/352/just-playing-around Helping plans come together, one post at a time Sun, 03 May 2015 14:00:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.9 http://afcmin.org/ateam/352/just-playing-around/comment-page-1#comment-1584 Fri, 10 Feb 2006 17:22:32 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=352#comment-1584 A lot has been written on how Americans approach time as a precious commodity one dare not “waste.” The Sabbath rest is a gift to us, permission to stop being productive and enjoy life in ways that may not be possible when we have work to do. It's a command that is beneficial to us and shows again God's compassion for us.
My friend, the Dane, at nowheresville.us is a huge computer gamer and has recently written two lengthy posts on the best video games of all time, going back to Atari and such. You might take a look.

]]> http://afcmin.org/ateam/352/just-playing-around/comment-page-1#comment-1583 Fri, 10 Feb 2006 15:55:57 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=352#comment-1583 The other day I suffered from a bit of overwork and I noticed it affecting my spiritual life, or the tone of my spirituality I should say. So I prayed about it. And I got the message that I should take care not to overdo. I should rest, via some relaxing endeavor (you game, I read, some garden or run or whatnot). So, yes, I think there's actually a spiritual imperative to rest!
You mentioned the Sabbath commandment, and that gets me to this thought: the statutes found in the Law (Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy) were culture-specific rules derived from spiritual principles. So, even though you, and me for that matter, consider ourselves “free” of sabbath law, we still need to rest. We need to remember to seek the principle behind other statutes as well–modern Christians don't feel bound to observe most of them. I wrote a post here on this topic because I find it odd that some Christians cherry-pick certain statutes to follow while disregarding others. And that's not playing around!
Vicky

]]> http://afcmin.org/ateam/352/just-playing-around/comment-page-1#comment-1582 Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:56:16 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=352#comment-1582 I tend to flip-flop between extremely intense work and long stretches of liesure. It seems to balance itself out in the long run, so i don't pay it to much worry while i try to work out a less maddening cycle (moving towards one day out of seven days instead of one week out of seven weeks). I do know people who seem constantly haunted by the feeling there is something they could be doing. It tears at them, as i figure it must at you. Though i enjoy the work you do, i hope you find good times of rest.

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