Unlikely Sabbath
(a kind of call to worship)

We
Understand
Misunderstand
(together)
The sabbath
As a time to go to church
To pray
Officially
For things we might remember
Afterward

Then be free of all of it
For food
For games
For preparing all the real time
To follow
The next day
Or
Instantly
As we might be driven
Driving
That is
Ourselves

But is the sabbath more than services
And really
Was it ever
Well
Ancient reminders
I suppose
The priests to the people
Saying
Or as if to say
By the tent
Then by the temple

In here is the
Holy of holies
Don’t forget it

Don’t forget
Our dedication

So
What is the sabbath
We might
Wonder
Being first
A seventh day
Created

A day for God to rest
And so
A model for
Ourselves

Modeled after God
After all

And so
First week
Completed
And so
Laid out for us
Six days of creating
Then a day
This day

To keep it holy
As in set apart
For
A spiritual reason
Like the fruits of
Field and vine
Set apart
For spiritual
Remembrance

And
I don’t know what
To say
Anymore
Except that it was
Said
Thank goodness not by me
To remember
As in have
The sabbath

It’s a discipline
To rest
An invitation
To play well
To remember
The source
Of love
And everything
That’s good

C L Couch


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