Shabbat
This Spring semester has started really rough,
Rough doesn't seem like it really covers what this semester has been, it is too harsh of a word.
There is an overwhelming energy sprung on by so much change. There is a tangible anticipation, and we are restless.
The Hobbits have been aware of this and I have noticed a busyness in the discomfort of the shifting campus. I have been overwhelming myself also, an attempt to drown out all the anxious thoughts by feeling like I have some purpose or power in a project. Avoiding rest because I'm restless. The ladies on my floor are restless too, and we are craving community. It is once thing to be restless and with comrades, it is another thing to be restless and alone.
This week around six of us went to the Worship Night in the auditorium, it was a comfort to stand with so many other student to praise and rest together in G-d's presence. 10W is a floor that has a strong value for worship through praise, we have beautiful prayer warriors on the floor who have built in their dorms a refuge of Peace by welcoming the presence of G-d to reign in their quiet hours.
Since Shabbat, Sabbath is a desperate need that I've noticed I plan this semester to revive an old 10W tradition of Floor Shabbat. I'll bake challah bread and we will say blessings and say our low as highs of the week, worship together and meditate on a portion of scripture. I am looking forward to the variety that will enter this as we take time to listen to and encourage each other in the trials. However this will only be restful if we are resting in the L-rd.
Rough doesn't seem like it really covers what this semester has been, it is too harsh of a word.
There is an overwhelming energy sprung on by so much change. There is a tangible anticipation, and we are restless.
The Hobbits have been aware of this and I have noticed a busyness in the discomfort of the shifting campus. I have been overwhelming myself also, an attempt to drown out all the anxious thoughts by feeling like I have some purpose or power in a project. Avoiding rest because I'm restless. The ladies on my floor are restless too, and we are craving community. It is once thing to be restless and with comrades, it is another thing to be restless and alone.
This week around six of us went to the Worship Night in the auditorium, it was a comfort to stand with so many other student to praise and rest together in G-d's presence. 10W is a floor that has a strong value for worship through praise, we have beautiful prayer warriors on the floor who have built in their dorms a refuge of Peace by welcoming the presence of G-d to reign in their quiet hours.
Since Shabbat, Sabbath is a desperate need that I've noticed I plan this semester to revive an old 10W tradition of Floor Shabbat. I'll bake challah bread and we will say blessings and say our low as highs of the week, worship together and meditate on a portion of scripture. I am looking forward to the variety that will enter this as we take time to listen to and encourage each other in the trials. However this will only be restful if we are resting in the L-rd.
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