Yesterday morning I awoke early (bad habit, can't break it) and listened to an great CES Fireside talk by Elder D. H. Oaks entitled Push Back Against The World. This was given from Pocatello, ID in 2007, and after some follow up comments from his previous CES Fireside talk, which originated from Oakland, CA, he gave a wonderful talk on how we can push the world out of our lives most effectively by keeping the Sabbath Day holy.
At one point, maybe more, he quotes Chapter 16 of the Presidents of the Church - Spencer W. Kimball manual, The Sabbath - A Delight. So I reviewed that chapter and found a treasure of inspiration to obey more completely this commandment. I share some of it with you as part of my testimony that God lives and has revealed through prophets how best to live.
"President Kimball saw the Sabbath as a day for active, joyful worship—a time to leave behind the things of the world and fill the day with righteous activity. Quoting scriptures, he encouraged the Saints to make the Sabbath “a delight” and to approach the day with “cheerful hearts and countenances” (Isaiah 58:13; D&C 59:15).
"Moses came down from the quaking, smoking Mount Sinai and brought to the wandering children of Israel the Ten Commandments, fundamental rules for the conduct of life. These commandments were, however, not new. They had been known to Adam and his posterity, who had been commanded to live them from the beginning, and were merely reiterated by the Lord to Moses. And the commandments even antedated earth life and were part of the test for mortals established in the council in heaven."
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