We are continuing our study of the Sabbath commandment. You remember that the Sabbath is a command to rest. Oh how we twist and squirm about Martha and Mary, cause we have been raised to believe in the value of hard work. Idle hands are the devil's handiwork.
Mothers never tell their daughters to go out and find themselves a lazy man to marry.
We tell our daughters to find themselves a hard-working man to marry. It's one of those testosterone competitions. Yeah, boy, I worked twelve hours of overtime this week. There's always some guy who can top it. You only worked 18 hours.