The Pause Button

As music gadgets evolve, one gadget function continues to make the innovation cut: the pause button. First introduced in the reel-to-reel era, the pause button is the common gene of cassette and CD players as well as MP3 players. The pause button allows you to temporarily suspend your groove and then resume your musical enjoyment at the very moment it ceased.

At the beginning of July I pressed the pause button in my life to go on sabbatical. This particular pause button was first introduced in Genesis when God paused after creation; it was codified in the Ten Commandments, and even made it to the bygone era of 'blue laws.' Oh, wait a minute, Jesus paused —

One day Jesus said to his disciples, "Let's go over to the other side of the lake." So they got into a boat and set out. (Luke 8:22)

So, like Jesus, I chose to pause for a season. Suspended a groove I admire for a cause I value — to care for my soul and love my family.

Now the pause button is disengaged and I am refreshingly re-engaged — "tanned, rested, and ready to go" for Christ's cause.

Ken