Bricks

I was thinking the other day about what a life-giving, joyous thing it must have been to receive the commandment of keeping the Sabbath. These folk had just come out of slavery in Egypt, away from the back-breaking, never-ending cycle of making bricks in the hot sun. Then, a command- on the seventh day, rest. You, your children, your servants, your animals. Rest, and remember God, your deliverer and provider.

The passage that provoked these thoughts was from Isaiah 56, where God is reminding his people, fresh out of exile, what it looks like to be his people. The passage goes something like this: do justice- keep the Sabbath- do no evil.

Fresh on the heels of these thoughts, the following popped up on my facebook page, from Tearfund. A church in Nepal going into a local brick factory, to teach the children, (many bonded by debt to this work), and to provide them with some fun.

Rest- Joy- Hope- Justice. God's commands are good news.


http://www.tearfund.org/en/2016/12/lightening_the_load/