NEW YORK HUNTER. You are to be commended for taking your family obligations seriously. You don't have to tell me about bills. My 94 car is nickle and diming me to death. I had bypass surgery just 13 1/2 months ago with no money or insurance, and still have no money or insurance. Bills up the wazoo, but I don't work Sundays period. Sunday work pays a bonus, but I felt it was no more than a sin offering and refused it.
My Dad said over 30 years ago that people just didn't take the time to live and enjoy life. He told of growing up and many, if not most, of the church going to the river after services. They'd spend the day fishing, eating, visiting, playing games, sleeping, and just plain old having fun.
I remember when the interstate hwy came through when I was a kid growing up in ILL. With them came the truck stops and 7 day work weeks. The first business to open on Sunday was a variety store, he couldn't take the chance that money might be spent elsewhere, greed. My Dad NEVER bought anything from that store again. That was in the late 50s and early 60s. I only knew of one mother who worked outside the home when I was growing up. Our Dads worked, and our mothers took care of the home and kids, a very good arrangement. I never even heard the term latchkey kid til I was well out of high school. Nobody suffered because the grocery store was closed on Sundays. Everybody prepared for that by stocking up on Saturday. Life was simpler then. God was important to folks then, and should be now.
God commanded throughout the Bible that no work, buying or selling, was to take place on the Sabbath, this is well documented throughout the old and new testaments. My question was, and is, what revelation, proof, or scripture have I missed that shows that God has changed his mind on this matter. Man has changed, but I've seen no evidence that God has.
Although this post was addressed to New York Hunter it was not really directed at him, but to the board in general. POWDERMAN.