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Monday, October 2. 2006

What good am I? Day of Atonement

From a piece by Homnick at American Spectator:

Today is Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, a time of introspection, the one day a year where you must stare unblinkingly at The Picture of Dorian Gray that lurks in the back of your closet. Who is the real you, and how unlovely? What are you doing to improve that inner person, to guarantee that next year at this time the real you will be closer to the nice guy that the world sees? Otherwise, the initials of the Day of Atonement apply: DOA.

We'd all go nuts if we did that every day, but is once a year sufficient?

Posted by Dr. Joy Bliss in Religion at 08:15 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)

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No, once a year is not enough.

Weekly perhaps.

Maybe when we are taking our ease, part of the purpose of that 7th day is to look back and thoughtfully consider what the previous week held and how we behaved.
#1 Rob on 2006-10-02 14:30 (Reply)
The apostles took sacrament in rememberance of Him when they met on the Sabbath, after the resurrection. Part of that time was to remember and reflect and renew our committment to follow Him.
We should do so weekly to renew and recommit to be better people, better parents, better spouses, better children, better friends, and better children of God.
#2 John on 2006-10-03 11:15 (Reply)

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