Rituals of Daily Living
God gave us the gift of time at Creation. God also gave us the rhythm of living each day. There was evening, there was morning...and on the seventh day God rested. By observing the rhythms and rituals of each day, we make space to encounter God.
The next time you want to complain that you have no time,
think about this adaptation of Scripture
A READING ABOUT TIME--adapted from Exodus 16:4-31
Then the Lord said to Moses, "I am going to rain hours, time from heaven for you, and each day the people shall rise up and have time enough for that day...On the sixth day, when they gather up time, it will be twice as much as they gather on other days". Then Moses said to Aaron, "Say to the whole congregation of the Israelites, 'Draw near to the Lord, who has heard you complaining about the lack of time...'" The Lord spoke to Moses and said, "At twilight you shall eat with plenty of time, and in the morning you shall have your fill of time stretching out before you; then you shall know
that I am the Lord your God."
In the evening, time came up and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of time upon the camp. When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, "What is it?" Moses said to them, "It is the time that the Lord has given you. this is what the Lord has commanded, 'Take as much time as you need for the day.'" Those who had too much time on their hands measured it in hours and had nothing left over, and those who had little time discovered they had no shortage, they gathered as much as each of them needed. And Moses said to them, "Let no one leave any of the time over until morning." But they did not listen to Moses; some used up the hours of the night until morning, and the time became to them foul; for they were tired and irritable. The house of Israel called it "time"; it was a new gift every day.
Then the Lord said to Moses, "I am going to rain hours, time from heaven for you, and each day the people shall rise up and have time enough for that day...On the sixth day, when they gather up time, it will be twice as much as they gather on other days". Then Moses said to Aaron, "Say to the whole congregation of the Israelites, 'Draw near to the Lord, who has heard you complaining about the lack of time...'" The Lord spoke to Moses and said, "At twilight you shall eat with plenty of time, and in the morning you shall have your fill of time stretching out before you; then you shall know
that I am the Lord your God."
In the evening, time came up and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of time upon the camp. When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, "What is it?" Moses said to them, "It is the time that the Lord has given you. this is what the Lord has commanded, 'Take as much time as you need for the day.'" Those who had too much time on their hands measured it in hours and had nothing left over, and those who had little time discovered they had no shortage, they gathered as much as each of them needed. And Moses said to them, "Let no one leave any of the time over until morning." But they did not listen to Moses; some used up the hours of the night until morning, and the time became to them foul; for they were tired and irritable. The house of Israel called it "time"; it was a new gift every day.