Daring to be Restless

-           “Every person needs to take one day away.   A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future.   Jobs, family, employers, and friends can exist one day without any one of us … Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for.   Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us …” – Maya Angelou Leviticus … *Sigh*   There’s a part of me that always groans when I reach the point in the year when my Bible Reading Plan points me to the pages of Leviticus.   The lists of rules, sacrifices, and the distinction between the clean and unclean – though I recognize these probably saved the people of God from being wiped out by diseases they could not cure at the time – they wear on my ability to focus as I read.   I’m sure some/most of you can relate. However, this last week, as I was dragging myself through my daily reading in Leviticus, God caught my attention.   Leviticus 23:32, i