There is a deep craving to return to simpler times. Simple Living magazine, it's a million-seller. Voluntary Simplicity is the name of a major social movement. It's a growth industry. And all it is, really, is a craving for Sabbath.
Human beings have a knack for forgetting the Sabbath.
In the book of Hebrews we read that the promise of entering God's Sabbath-rest still remains. Some of you remember the when stores stay closed on Sunday. No little league games. Families gathered together for fried chicken dinners. And they sat on front porches and talked.