G'day Dugdoo,

How's it going Down Under, mate? I know your problems when it comes to keeping the Sabbath... went through the same thing more than 20 years ago. But then I was a young lad then whereas you are about to retire and have a pension and gratuity at stake. Would Yahweh fault you for doing your job now that you come to understand His Word? Well, that's a toughie as we are almost all breaking His Laws on a daily basis! So, what can I say? That He'll understand your position? I'm sure He does. Then again, try to remember His position on the upright pole! Makes Sabbath-keeping seem really easy then, doesn't it?

Dugdoo, how long more do you have before you retire from work at OzPost? Do you think you can hold out that long knowing what you do know now? I cannot advice you to go against Yahweh's Word, and yet I feel for you and empathise with you. I sought His Grace and took Him at His Word and have carved out a life much more rewarding than if I had stayed and clung to my previous job. Step out in the knowledge that He is true to His Word and that He will provide you with all that you need. Seek Him and He will bless you until your home overflows. Don't just go through the motions and then moan and say, "I did what you asked and here I am broke." Whatever you do, do it wisely. Don't drop everything all at once. Start looking for ways out first. Be willing to do all that is needed. You may not have to do it but you must be willing to do it! Once you trust and rely on Him, do you think He will let you down? And if He chooses a path for you that is unique and strange do you have the strength and courage to proceed? I don't want to be religious about it but open your heart and mind and give yourself to Him and He will guide you. He will open doors that you had closed before, and close doors that you may want to open. But be fully assured that Yahweh will take care of His children.

Shalom Aleichem.

This is really a tough question, for the first year or so after came to have know Yahuweh, I continued to work on the Sabbath, because I was unable to find a job that would allow me to take off, I was going to school full time, and paying for it myself, so most of my time was working on the weekends, which unfortunately included the Sabbath. I really didn't not enjoy it, but I didn't have much of a choice, I took most the free time I had on my other days and devoted that to studying and coming to know Yahuweh, and now that I am able I do take the Sabbath as a day of rest, and I am much better for it. To quote Yahushua, the Sabbath was made for man not man for the Sabbath. It is of great benefit for us to keep the Sabbath, but if you are unable to you are unable to, and there is a difference between unable and unwilling. It is vastly more important to Yahuweh that you understand his Sabbath than that you practice if 'religiously'. The Sabbath for me has become quite the blessing, where I take the day and spend it with my wife, and usually a good part of it in Yahuweh's word. I feel rejuvenated and ready for a new week after the Sabbath.

The rest of Romans 2 isn't very physical circumcision friendly either:



And then you have James (Jacob) also saying doers of the Torah are justified, but then again in context he's mainly talking about love, because the law is summed up in being doers of love, hence why Yahshua was healing (which is not considered working) on the Sabbath.