News Update: I Received Confirmation Today

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In this episode, the host shares a devotional from Rabbi Shiders that landed in her email and triggered a moment of personal confirmation about the Sabbath—a practice she has been keeping but only now understands more fully.

The central idea she works from is this: the Sabbath is not merely a commandment given to Israel at Sinai. It is a principle of creation that predates the law, the Hebrew people, and the nation of Israel itself. She reads from Genesis 2, where God completed His work, rested on the seventh day, blessed it, and sanctified it. The word "sanctified" comes from the Hebrew Kadosh—meaning holy, consecrated, separated, set apart. That act of setting apart a day, she argues, is embedded in the order of creation, not just in the legal code of the Ten Commandments.

From this, she draws a practical principle: taking a day each week to rest creates a healthy boundary that helps believers walk with God. She quotes Mark 2:27, where Yeshua says the Sabbath was made for man—not the other way around. The purpose, she explains, is to unplug from work, computers, cell phones, entertainment, and any daily routines that contribute to stress. She admits she has to force herself to take that day, but she functions in greater health because of it.