On The Sixth Day

The Lord has given you the Sabbath, therefore on the sixth day he gives you food for two days, … Exodus 16:29.

We learned during the height of Covid to adjust. Millions worked from home, children attended school remotely (not without problems, but they did endure), and we all learned to do ordinary tasks using computers and cellphones. What we should have learned is that the world will continue to spin if we honor the Sabbath with a day of rest, in whatever form rest takes for you. For some it’s attending worship, others a game of tennis, and for some it’s a morning with the NYT’s crossword.

Important to honoring the Sabbath is an acknowledgement that “on the sixth day” the Lord will provide food/sustenance for two days. For many, including yours truly, the Sabbath is one of God’s greatest gifts, but it wouldn’t happen without the “sixth day.”

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Webb Hubbell is the former Associate Attorney General of The United States. His novels, When Men Betray, Ginger Snaps, A Game of Inches, The Eighteenth Green, and The East End are published by Beaufort Books and are available online or at your local bookstore. When Men Betray won one of the IndieFab awards for best novel in 2014. Ginger Snaps and The Eighteenth Green won the IPPY Awards Gold Medal for best suspense/thriller. His latest, “Light of Day” will be on the bookstands soon.