Exodus 20:3-17 (#5) Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Sonnet 693 Exodus 20:3-17 (#5) Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

And I thank heaven for the Sabbath day
A challenge for me one day of the week
To use the time in such proper way
To make it holy, restful and unique.

So many now will work or play at will
Or shop or do their housework just as rote
And seldom even think to try to fill
The day with anything of worthy note.

And so this gift of glory goes unclaimed
And lost to legions who by NFL
Or beach or such distractions surely framed
Their narrow reach to things terrestrial.

Please make you sign of faith by Sabbath days
That celebrate and bless in holy ways.