Friends

Last night I got to do something that I've wanted to do for a long time. I enjoyed a dinner with my family at large (3XL in my case) and friends that I had not seen in a while. Well, it's not that I hadn't physically seen them. In fact, I pass one of them almost every morning in some cases while he's headed to a local donut house and we wave at each other. But I hadn't seen them in quite a while. The way that you sit and talk about things important , and not important. And hear thoughts that stimulate you, and idiosyncrasies that make them, them and you, you.

These weren't just friends though. They were closer than that. They were there when I was born. I was there when their children were born. Their children when my children were born. Just Close.

Life however has a tendency to lead us in different directions sometimes and it's hard to line things up to be together, but what a great night.

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A note about Sabbath...

I've been practicing my Sabbath on Fridays and have really enjoyed them over the last couple weeks with renewed effort at rest (oxymoron? or just a moron?). Anyhow, one thing I've been challenged with is that for the Christian there should never really be a time where we say, I don't have time for... (you can fill in your own blank) because we have a sabbath rest to do whatever that is. Christians should enjoy their hobbies more than anyone. How does this relate? Well I was just thinking about my friends from above and how I don't have time to see them. AND that's when it hit me the nice thing about being a nation with a set day for Sabbath really opens up the most important "hobby" (if you want to call it that) PEOPLE. If everyone is resting on the same day than do it with friends and family and pass the Stromboli. God is brilliant.

Searching for Sabbath,

--Ben