Essentially, Sabbath community provides for us what we need but ultimately protects us from getting everything we want. When we Sabbath with others—be it in marriage, in family, in friendship, or in community—there must be a give-and-take that puts our narcissistic, “I get everything I want” tendency in its place. It is good when I do not always get what I want on the Sabbath. Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath; my desires are not.
