21 Each morning everyone gathered as much as he needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away. 22 On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much—two omers for each person—and the leaders of the community came and reported this to Moses. 23 He said to them, "This is what the LORD commanded: 'Tomorrow is to be a day of rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Save whatever is left and keep it until morning.' "
24 So they saved it until morning, as Moses commanded, and it did not stink or get maggots in it. 25 "Eat it today," Moses said, "because today is a Sabbath to the LORD. You will not find any of it on the ground today. 26 Six days you are to gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any."
27 Nevertheless, some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather it, but they found none. 28 Then the LORD said to Moses, "How long will you refuse to keep my commands and my instructions? 29 Bear in mind that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Everyone is to stay where he is on the seventh day; no one is to go out." 30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
Vs. 27 stuck with me during this week where I had so much to do each day that I would rarely have time for lunch, or a break or anything. I was submerged in work! But God thinks it is important that we rest. That He rests. (not that I think considering the current state of the world that He gets time to rest!)
That we are such creatures of habit, that even if there is nothing to do, we want to do something!
The pace that I kept this past week will not continue. A number of the sections of my course are complete. My copycheck work is complete. I still have a lot of work with the marks, but I'm hoping to gear down for next week :)
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